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VC180 Sir Anthony Dickson Home
BORN 30 November 1826
DIED 10 August 1914 AGE 87
VC Won 26 September 1857 AGE 30
Place VC Won Relief of Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Sir Anthony Dickson Home No.
VC Issue No. 180 Awards VC KCB
Regiment 90th Regiment
Later Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Surgeon
Rank End Of Career Surgeon-General
Place Of Birth Dunbar, Lothian, Scotland
Place Of Death At his home, 7 Palace Gardens, Kensington, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Highgate Western Cemetery (guided tours only), Swain's Lane, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 12 August 1914
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Consecrated Ground, Square 50, Grave 16593 (access by guided tour)
Gazetted 18 June 1858
VC Presented 08 June 1859 by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Highgate Cemetery North London
P Plaque at National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs
By The Way…
When he died in 1914 it was only three days after the first, VC 1 Lucas died
VC Held By
Royal Army Medical Corps Museum, Keogh Barracks, Mytchett Place Road, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, England