Reverend Victor Thomas South Jagg was born on the 27th of May 1887 in Eye, Suffolk.  He was the son of Thomas South Jagg, a Clergyman, and Kate Jagg. Victor was the vicar of the Parish Church at Selston, Nottinghamshire, prior to the Great War (1914-1918). 

Victor joined the army late in 1917 and was a Captain in the Chaplains Department. He later became Padre with 10th Battalion serving in France, in early 1918.  

Victor was awarded the Military Cross whilst serving with the 10th Battalion, which was reported in the London Gazette, on the 2nd of April 1919: ‘Near Proyart on 15th August, 1918, during a heavy gas bombardment, a great many men and officers became casualties. He assisted the gassed men and worked amongst them with great gallantry. As a result of his devotion he afterwards became a gas casualty. he has at all times displayed great devotion to his work under heavy shelling.’ 

Victor survived the war and afterwards took up a living near Norwich in Norfolk.  He died on the 17th of June 1973, aged 86 years in Mundesley, Norfolk.