 In the afternoon of 27 March 1917 , a shell burst in a sunken road to the east of Lagnicourt , killing Cherry and several other men . He was buried in Quéant Road Cemetery , <unk> , Plot VIII , Row C , Grave 10 . The full citation for Cherry 's posthumous award of the Victoria Cross appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette on 11 May 1917 , reading : 
