Adam Wakenshaw
ADAM Wakenshaw was born 9 June 1914 in Duke Street in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Wakenshaw, 28, a former pitman, had served with the 9th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry during the North Africa campaign.
He was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his heroism in holding up the German advance with an anti-tank gun in the Western Desert in June 1942.
He is the only soldier from Newcastle to have been awarded a Victoria Cross for the Second World War.
A stained glass window designed by Cate Watkinson is dedicated in his honour at St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Newcastle.
The Wakenshaw Memorial Window at St Mary's RC Cathedral
Private Adam Wakenshaw on the English Light Infantry site
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