(BBC) Victoria Cross recipient Michael Heaviside remembered 100 years on

A memorial stone has been unveiled to mark the 100th anniversary of a World War One hero’s bravery.

Pte Michael Heaviside, of the Durham Light Infantry, was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917 for the rescue of a soldier who had been lying in no-man’s land for four days.

To mark the anniversary, a stone has been unveiled at St Giles Church, Gilesgate, where he was born.

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