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VC376 Sir Redvers Henry Buller
BORN 7 December 1839
DIED 2 June 1908 AGE 68
VC Won 28 March 1879 AGE 39
Place VC Won Inhlobana, Zululand, South Africa
War/Campaign The Zulu War
Name Sir Redvers Henry Buller No.
VC Issue No. 376 Awards VC GCB GCMG
Regiment 60th Rifles
Later King's Royal Rifle Corps
Now 2nd & 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank End Of Career General
Place Of Birth Downes House, Crediton, Devon, England
Place Of Death Downes House, Crediton, Devon, England
Buried/Location Ashes Holy Cross Churchyard, East Street, Crediton, Devon, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 5 June 1908
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Family plot
Gazetted 17 June 1879
VC Presented 9 September 1879 by Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Memorials
P Headstone, Holy Cross Churchyard, East Street, Crediton, Devon
P Arch & plaque at Holy Cross Church & Buller Square, Crediton, Devon
P Equestrian statue by Captain Adrian Jones, Queen Street, Exeter, Devon
P Tomb memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
P Plaque at Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon
P Name on Victoria Cross memorial, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
P Name on Kings Royal Rifle Corps memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
P Buller Arms pub, Landrake, Devon
P Buller Arms Hotel, Marhamchurch, Cornwall
P Redvers Buller pub, Crediton, Devon
Buller Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire
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By The Way…
Given the freedom of the Borough by the Corporation when he landed at Southampton on his return from South Africa on the 9 September
VC Held By
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
