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VC331 Campbell Mellis Douglas
BORN 5 August 1840
DIED 31 December 1909 AGE 69
VC Won 7 May 1867 AGE 26
Place VC Won Little Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
War/Campaign Andaman Island Expedition
Name Campbell Mellis Douglas No.
VC Issue No. 331 Awards VC
Regiment 24th Regiment
Later South Wales Borderers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales - disbanded July 2012
Rank VC Won Assistant Surgeon
Rank End Of Career Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Grosse Island, Quebec City, Canada
Place Of Death At his daughter's home, 'Birdwood', Horrington, near Wells, Somerset, England
Buried/Location Ashes Wells Cemetery, Weston-Super-Mare Road, Wells, Somerset
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 4 January 1910
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section 3, Grave M-20
Gazetted 17 December 1867
VC Presented 16 April 1868 by GOC Pegu, Major-General A Faunce at Rangoon, Burma
Memorials
P Headstone, Wells Cemetery, Weston-Super-Mare Road, Wells, Somerset
P Plaque at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs
P Victoria Cross honours board, The Royal Welsh Museum, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys
By The Way…
He was awarded the Royal Humane Society Silver Medal for his VC action
VC Held By
Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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