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Major Charles Allix Lavington Yate VC (14 March 1872 – 20 September 1914) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Yate, from Madeley, Shropshire, attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and joined the British Army. He saw service in British India, Mauritius, South Africa during the Second Boer War, as an observer during the Russo-Japanese War, and between 1908 and 1914 he was on the staff of the War Office in London. ==Early life== Major Yate was born 14 March 1872 to the Reverend Prebendary George Edward Yate (1825–1908), the Vicar of St Michael's Church, Madeley from 1859 to 1908. Yate was educated at Weymouth College, and graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 9th out of 1100 cadets. He joined the 2nd Battalion, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on 13 August 1892 in Bombay.〔 He first saw action in India in the Tirah expedition from 1897 to 1898, for which he was awarded the medal and clasp of the Tirah Expedition.〔 He was seriously wounded during the Boer War.〔 On 17 September 1903 he married at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, Florence Helena Brigg, from Greenhead Hall, Yorkshire.〔〔(VC winner's, Ys )〕 There were no children.〔〔 His cousin was Sir Charles Yate, 1st Baronet. He was promoted to the rank of major in 1912.〔 Yate was fluent in French, German and Japanese, and could also speak Hindustani and Persian. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Allix Lavington Yate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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