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VC503 William John English
BORN 6 October 1882
DIED 4 July 1941 AGE 58
VC Won 3 July 1901 AGE 18
Place VC Won Vlakfontein
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name William John English No.
VC Issue No. 503 Awards VC
Regiment 2nd Scottish Horse
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland
Place Of Death On board a ship at sea off Egypt
Buried/Location Ashes Maala Christian Cemetery, Aden, Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Row I, Grave 21
Gazetted 4 October 1901
VC Presented 1 July 1902 by The Prince of Wales (later King George V) at Horse Guards Parade, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Maala Christian Cemetery, Aden, Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen
Named on First World War plaque and Second World War deceased plaque at Campbell College, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Bell House, Abbeyfield Belfast Society, 10 Kings Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Blue plaque at his former home, 16 Kings Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
By The Way…
The Scottish Horse was a regiment raised in South Africa for the Boer War, then became a British Territorial Army Regiment
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
