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VC396   Israel Harding

BORN   21 October 1833

DIED   11 May 1917  AGE   83

VC Won  11 July 1882   AGE   48

Place VC Won   Alexandria, Egypt

War/Campaign  Arabi Pasha Rebellion

Name   Israel Harding   No.    

VC Issue No.   396   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Royal Navy

Later   

Now   Royal Navy

Rank VC Won   Gunner

Rank End Of Career   Chief Gunner

Place Of Birth   Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Place Of Death   Billingshurst, Sussex, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Highland Road Cemetery, Highland Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   26 May 1917

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Section H, Row 7, Grave 59

Gazetted   15 September 1882

VC Presented   14 November 1882, Commander in Chief Malta, Lord Alcester

Memorials

P  Headstone, Highland Road Cemetery, Highland Road, Southsea, Portsmouth

By The Way…

Headstone renovated 1997, age shown as 69

VC Held By

The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M

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