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VC310   Dudley Stagpoole

BORN   1838

DIED   1 August 1911  AGE   73

VC Won  2 October 1863   AGE   25

Place VC Won   Pontoko, New Zealand

War/Campaign  Waikato-Hauhau Maori War

Name   Dudley Stagpoole   No.    

VC Issue No.   310   Awards   VC   DCM

Regiment   57th Regiment

Later   Middlesex Regiment

Now   Princess Of Wales Royal Regiment

Rank VC Won   Drummer

Rank End Of Career   Drummer

Place Of Birth   Killunan, Co. Galway, Ireland

Place Of Death   Ware, Hertfordshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Hendon Cemetery, Holders Hill Road, Hendon, North West London

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   5 August 1911

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Section C8, Private Grave 15694

Gazetted   22 September 1864

VC Presented   24 January 1866, Brigadier-General R Waddy, Wananui, New Zealand

Memorials

P  Headstone, Hendon Cemetery, Holders Hill Road, Hendon, North West London

By The Way…

Headstone erected in the 1940's by his Regiement - refurbished 2012

VC Held By

Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Clandon Park, West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey, England

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