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VC420 James Morris Colquhoun Colvin
BORN 26 August 1870
DIED 7 December 1945 AGE 75
VC Won 16-17 September 1897 AGE 27
Place VC Won Bilot, Mohmand Valley, India
War/Campaign Mohmand Campaign, India
Name James Morris Colquhoun Colvin No.
VC Issue No. 420 Awards VC
Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Bijnor, North West Frontier, India (now Pakistan)
Place Of Death Stanway, near Colchester, Essex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Ipswich Crematorium (Old Cemetery), Cemetery Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Cremated Ipswich Crematorium (Old Cemetery), Cemetery Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Date Buried/Cremated 11 December 1945
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. December Lawn, Garden of Rest (closed in 1975, now situated in front of Temple of Remembrance)
Gazetted 20 May 1898
VC Presented 19 July 1898, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Named on 'For Valour' board at the Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent
Blue plaque on former house, Stanway, Colchester, Essex
By The Way…
The original VC sent to India for presentation, Colvin had since left India and a replacement prepared for presentation at Windsor Castle
VC Held By
With family
