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VC518 George Murray Rolland
BORN 12 May 1869
DIED 8 July 1910 AGE 41
VC Won 22 April 1903 AGE 33
Place VC Won Daratoleh
War/Campaign Somaliland
Name George murray Rolland No.
VC Issue No. 518 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, Bombay Grenadiers attached to the Berbera-Bohotle Flying Column
Later
Now The Grenadiers, Indian army
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Wellington, India
Place Of Death Nagpur, Maharashtra State, India
Buried/Location Ashes Takli Cemetery, Nagpur, Maharashtra State, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 9 July 1910
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Church of England Section
Gazetted 7 August 1903
VC Presented 30 November 1903, OC Troops, Dehra Dun, India
Memorials
Headstone, Takli Cemetery, Nagpur, Maharashtra State, India
Memorial plaque, St Stephens church, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, London
By The Way…
The Somaliland Campaign was against an uprising of the dervish, led by the “mad mullah”
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
