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VC374 Anthony Clarke Booth
BORN 21 April 1846
DIED 8 December 1899 AGE 53
VC Won 12 March 1879 AGE 32
Place VC Won Intombi River, Transvaal
War/Campaign The Zulu War
Name Anthony Clarke Booth No.
VC Issue No. 374 Awards VC
Regiment 80th Regiment
Later South Staffordshire Regiment
Now Staffordshire Regiment
Rank VC Won Colour-Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Colour-Sergeant
Place Of Birth Carrington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Place Of Death 19 William Street, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Michael's Churchyard, Bell Street South, off Church Street, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 23 February 1880
VC Presented 26 June 1880, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Michael's Churchyard, Bell Street South, off Church Street, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
P Named on father’s headstone, St Michael's Churchyard, Bell Street South, off Church Street, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
P Named on memorial at Garrison Church of St George, Whittington Barracks, Tamworth Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire
P Named on Nottinghamshire Victoria Cross Memorial, Nottingham Castle, Nottinghamshire
By The Way…
He was a sergeant when he won his VC but next day promoted to colour sergeant to replace a fallen comrade
VC Held By
Museum of the Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's), Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
