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VC560   Henry Peel Ritchie

BORN   29 January 1876

DIED   9 December 1958   AGE   82

VC Won    28 November 1914   AGE   38

Place VC Won   Dar-es-Salaam Harbour, German East Africa

War/Campaign   First World War 1914

Name   Henry Peel Ritchie   No.      

VC Issue No.   560   Awards   VC      

Regiment   Royal Navy

Later   

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Rank VC Won   Commander

Rank End Of Career   Captain

Place Of Birth   1 Melville Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland

Place Of Death   At his home, Craigroyston House, Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland

Buried/Location Ashes   Midlothian, Scotland

Cremated   Warriston Crematorium, 36 Warriston Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Date Buried/Cremated   12 December 1958

Headstone   Ashes Removed   Plot/Grave no.   Ashes delivered to family

Gazetted   10 April 1915

VC Presented   25 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, 1 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland

By The Way…

First Naval officer to be awarded the VC during the First World War

VC Held By

Not known

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