Place Of Birth Brayford, near Barnstaple, Devon, England
Place Of Death At the lodging house he owned, 38 Brunswick Road, Hove, Sussex, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Andrew's Churchyard, The Street, Buxton, Norfolk, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 24 February 1857
VC Presented 26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone St Andrew's Churchyard, The Street, Buxton, Norfolk
P Memorial window at St Margaret's, Felthorpe, Norfolk
P Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
By The Way…
At the first investiture of the cross, 62 VC’s were awarded, Claud Bourchier was the last to receive his
VC Held By
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
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With the Rifle Brigade they were ordered to take some rifle pits from the Russians. They took them in a night attack and kept them after repeated counter attacks until they were relieved next day.
