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VC501 Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson
BORN 1 April 1879
DIED 18 May 1901 AGE 22
VC Won 18 May 1901 AGE 22
Place VC Won Lambrechfontein, near Bothaville
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 501 Awards VC DSO
Regiment King's Own Scottish Borderers
Later
Now 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Wimbledon, London,England
Place Of Death Lambrechfontein Farm, near Bothaville, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Isolated grave on Lambrechfontein Farm, near Bothaville, Free State, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 8 August 1902
VC Presented Registered post to his family on the 30 April 1902
Memorials
Headstone, Isolated grave on Lambrechfontein Farm, near Bothaville, Free State, South Africa
P Named on War Memorial tablet, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon
P Brass plaque at St Peters Church, Tiverton, Devon
P Brass plaque at St Peters Church, Newbrough, Northumberland
P Named on Boer War memorial, Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire
By The Way…
A new headstone erected in May 2003 thanks to the efforts of Ken Gillings
VC Held By
King's Own Scottish Borderers Museum, The Barracks, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England
