[1] He was 22 years old, and an acting lance-corporal in the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 16 August 1917 at Frezenberg, Belgium, when the company which was holding a line of shell-holes and short trenches had many casualties, Lance-Corporal Room was in charge of the stretcher-bearers.

Throughout this period, with complete disregard for his own life, he showed unremitting devotion to his duties.

[2]His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum in Chelsea, London, England.

[1] Room died at a hospital in Bristol on 19 January 1932, aged 36, following a long period of illness.