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VC514 Basil John Douglas Guy
BORN 9 May 1882
DIED 28 December 1956 AGE 74
VC Won 13 July 1900 AGE 18
Place VC Won Tientsin, China Boxer Rebellion
War/Campaign China
Name Basil John Douglas Guy No.
VC Issue No. 514 Awards VC DSO
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Midshipman
Rank End Of Career Commander
Place Of Birth Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, England
Place Of Death St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 1 January 1901
VC Presented 3 March 1902 by King Edward VII at Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, England
Named on family memorial at Christ's Church, Harrogate, nth Yorkshire
By The Way…
The antagonists in the rebellion were the society of righteous and harmonious fists. Known to us as Boxers
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
