serviceyears branch relations death_date death_place birth_place unit awards honorific_suffix birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1892 - 1914 23px british army sir charles yate , 1st baronet -lrb- cousin -rrb- 20 september 1914 targau pow camp , germany madeley , shropshire the king 's own yorkshire light infantry 30px victoria cross vc 14 march 1872 stahnsdorf , berlin , germany major charles allix lavington yate vc.jpg charles allix lavington yate
 charles allix lavington yate
charles allix lavington yate

major charles allix lavington yate vc -lrb- 14 march 1872 -- 20 september 1914 -rrb- 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 .
