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VC360 Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill
BORN 25 January 1852
DIED 22 January 1879 AGE 26
VC Won 22 January 1879 AGE 26
Place VC Won Isandhlwana, Zululand
War/Campaign The Zulu War
Name Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 360 Awards VC
Regiment 24th Regiment
Later South Wales Borderers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales - disbanded July 2012
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Drumcondra, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Place Of Death Buffalo River, Zululand, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Fugitive's Drift, below Itchiane Hill, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 14 April 1879
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 2 May 1879 - 15 January 1907
VC Presented No presentation
Memorials
P Headstone, Fugitive's Drift, below Itchiane Hill, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
P Memorial plaque on the bank of Buffalo River, Zululand, South Africa (1974)
Family tablet at Drumcondra Church, Co. Dublin, Ireland
P Named on 24th's Colour Pole at Brecon Cathedral, Powys, Wales
P Named on memorial, Brecon Cathedral, Powys, Wales
P Victoria Cross honours board, The Royal Welsh Museum, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys
Named on War Memorial & memorial window at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire
Memorial in St. Fin Barre’s Anglican Cathedral, Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland
P Memorial at Royal Military Academy Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
P Named on memorial plaque, St. Winnows Church, St. Winnows, Cornwall
Memorial plaque at St Fin Barre's Anglican Cathedral & window at Castletownshend Parish Church, Co. Cork, Ireland
Memorial plaque and window, St Barrahanes Church, Castletownshend, Co Cork, Eire
By The Way…
Related to Sir Fenton John Aylmer VC
VC Held By
South Wales Borderers and Monmouthshire Regiment Museum of the Royal Regiment of Wales, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys, Wales
Thank you to Tara Owen-Smith for the photos of the Headstone at Fugitive's Drift & memorial at Buffalo River, South Africa
Thank you to Pete Cox for photo of Buffalo River
