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VC228 Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast
BORN 15 October 1834
DIED 24 July 1913 AGE 78
VC Won 21 November 1857 AGE 23
Place VC Won Mundisore, Ratgurh and Betwa
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast No.
VC Issue No. 228 Awards VC GCB
Regiment Madras Engineers
Later
Now Royal Engineers
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career General
Place Of Birth Madras, India
Place Of Death At his home, 2 Heron Court, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England
Buried/Location Ashes Richmond Cemetery, Lower Grove Road, Richmond, Surrey, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 28 July 1913
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section M, Grave 1502
Gazetted 21 October 1859
VC Presented 04 January 1860, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Richmond Cemetery, Lower Grove Road, Richmond, Surrey
P Named on 'For Valour' board at the Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent
P Named on eldest son's headstone, Richmond Cemetery, Surrey
P Named on third son's headstone, Richmond Cemetery, Surrey
Plaque, Brighton College Chapel, Eastern Road, Brighton, Sussex
By The Way…
Grave in Richmond Cemetery refurbished in 2008
VC Held By
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