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BORN December 1829
DIED 16 June 1888 AGE 58
VC Won 15 April 1858 AGE 28
Place VC Won Azimgurh
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Samuel Morley No. 201
VC Issue No. 262 Awards VC
Regiment Military Train, 2nd Battalion
Later Royal Army Service Corps
Now Royal Logistic Corps
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 13 Garnet Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Nottingham General Cemetery, Canning Circus, Alfreton Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 19 June 1888
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Grave 9726
Gazetted 7 August 1860
VC Presented 09 November 1860 by Queen Victoria at Home Park, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Nottingham General Cemetery, Canning Circus, Alfreton Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
P Named on Nottinghamshire Victoria Cross memorial, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
P Plaque at Grange Hall, Vicarage Lane, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
By The Way…
Headstone erected by public subscription in 1890's
Internment certificate records that he was 56, headstone also shows age as 56
Successfully recommended himself for the VC after learning that Farrier Murphy had been awarded it for the same action
VC Held By
Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey, England
