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BORN 28 November 1883
DIED 7 January 1915 AGE 31
VC Won 7 January 1915 AGE 31
Place VC Won Spina Khaisora, India
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Eustace Jotham No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 568 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, 51st Sikhs, Frontier Force attached to the North Waziristan Militia
Later Prince of Wales Own Sikhs 12th Frontier Force Regiment
Now 3rd Battalion The Frontier Force, Pakistan Army
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Linden House (later Stanmore House), Chester Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Place Of Death Spina Khaisora, India
Buried/Location Ashes Miranshar Cemetery, North Waziristan, North West Frontier, Pakistan
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Plot 4, Grave 45
Gazetted 24 July 1915
VC Presented 29 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England, to his father, Frederick Charles
Memorials
Headstone, Miranshar Cemetery, North Waziristan, North West Frontier, Pakistan
P Named on family grave, St Georges Churchyard, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
P Picture, citation and Victoria Cross, Library, Bromsgrove School, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
P Named on War Memorial in Bromsgrove School Chapel, Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Named on school war memorial, Lucton, Hereford
P Named on War Memorial, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Named on memorial, Crypt, St Lukes Church, Chelsea, West London
Named on Delhi Memorial India Gate , Delhi, India
P Named on Victoria Cross Regimental Memorial, Garrison Church of St George, Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Westminster, London
P Named on memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
P VC commemorative paving stone, Angel of Peace, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
By The Way…
During his VC action Eustace Jotham could of saved himself, but sacrificed his life to try and save one of his men
VC Held By
Bromsgrove School, Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
Thank you to Deputy Head, Philip Brown, for his help at Bromsgrove School
