On 3rd May 1917 Corporal Jarratt, aged 25, sacrificed his life to save his comrades. He was captured, along with some wounded men, at Pelves in France and placed under guard in a dug-out. That same evening the enemy were driven back by British troops and the leading infantry started to bomb the dug-outs. A grenade fell into Jarratt's trench and without hesitation he put both feet on it so that when it exploded his legs were blown off. Jarratt died soon afterwards although the other wounded men were safely removed. He was posthumously awarded the VC, gazetted one month later.