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VC19   John Grieve

BORN  3 May 1821

DIED   1 December 1873  AGE   52

VC Won  25 October 1854  AGE 33

Place VC Won  Balaclava, Crimea (Charge of the Heavy Brigade)

War/Campaign  Crimean War

Name   John Grieve   No.   774          

VC Issue No.   19   Awards   VC   

Regiment   2nd Dragoon Guards

Later   Royal Scots Greys

Now   Royal Scot Dragoon Guards

Rank VC Won   Sergeant-Major

Rank End Of Career   Lieutenant & Adjutant

Place Of Birth   Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Place Of Death   26 New Bigging, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland

Buried/Location Ashes  St Michael's Churchyard (Inveresk Old), Church Lane, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated     05 December 1873    

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   South side

Gazetted   24 February 1857

VC Presented   26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England

Memorials

Headstone St Michael's Churchyard (Inveresk Old), Church Lane, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland

By The Way…

Headstone was erected October 2004 by the Edinburgh branch of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards regimental association

VC Held By

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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During the charge of the heavy brigade, he rode to the rescue of an officer who was surrounded by Russian cavalry,decapitating one and disabling the others he brought the officer back to friendly lines.

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