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VC510 Thomas Joseph Crean
BORN 19 April 1873
DIED 25 March 1923 AGE 45
VC Won 18 December 1901 AGE 28
Place VC Won Tygerkloof Spruit
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Thomas Joseph Crean No.
VC Issue No. 510 Awards VC DSO
Regiment 1st Imperial (Natal) Light Horse
Later
Now Light Horse Regiment South African Army
Rank VC Won Surgeon Captain
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Northbrook Road, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Place Of Death 18 Queen Street, Mayfair, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road, Kensal Rise, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Grave 896
Gazetted 11 February 1902
VC Presented 13 March 1902 by King Edward VII at St James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road, Kensal Rise, London, England
P Plaque at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs
By The Way…
He was a capped Irish international rugby player from 1894 - 1896 and toured South Africa with Hammond's British Isle side
VC Held By
Royal Army Medical Corps Museum, Keogh Barracks, Mytchett Place Road, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
