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VC405 Ferdinand Simeon Le Quesne
BORN 25 December 1863
DIED 14 April 1950 AGE 86
VC Won 4 May 1889 AGE 25
Place VC Won Tartan Village, Burma (now Myanmar)
War/Campaign Chin Field Force, Burma
Name Ferdinand Simeon Le Quesne No.
VC Issue No. 405 Awards VC
Regiment Medical Staff
Later
Now Royal Army Medical Corps
Rank VC Won Surgeon
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Jersey, Channel Islands
Place Of Death Bristol, Avon, England
Buried/Location Ashes Canford Cemetery, Canford Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section K, Colour Red, Grave 9
Gazetted 29 October 1889
VC Presented 18 February 1890, Major-General Sir J Gordon, Rangoon, Burma
Memorials
P Headstone, Canford Cemetery, Canford Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
P Memorial plaque National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs
Memorial, St Heliers Church, St Helier, Jersey
By The Way…
He done his training at Kings College London, that claims the spot of 3rd oldest college in England
VC Held By
Jersey Museum, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
