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VC338   Reginald William Sartorius

BORN   4 May 1841

DIED   8 August 1907  AGE   66

VC Won  17 January 1874   AGE   32

Place VC Won   Abogu, West Africa

War/Campaign  First Ashanti Expedition

Name   Reginald William Sartorius   No.    

VC Issue No.   338   Awards   VC   CMG

Regiment   Indian Army, 6th Bengal Cavalry

Later   6th King Edwards Own Cavalry

Now   Disbanded

Rank VC Won   Major

Rank End Of Career   Major-General

Place Of Birth   Portugal

Place Of Death   Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Brook Hill, South Baddesley, Hampshire

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   26 October 1874

VC Presented   30 March 1874, Queen Victoria, Windsor Park Review

Memorials

P  Headstone, Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Brook Hill, South Baddesley, Hampshire

Plaque at Victoria College, Jersey, Channel Islands

By The Way…

Brother of (350) Euston Henry Sartorius VC

Believed to have been born in Portugal

VC Held By

National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England

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