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VC453 Sir John Peniston Milbanke
BORN 9 October 1872
DIED 21 August 1915 AGE 42
VC Won 5 January 1900 AGE 27
Place VC Won Patrol Near Colesburg
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Sir John Peniston Milbanke No.
VC Issue No. 453 Awards VC
Regiment 10th Hussars
Later
Now King's Royal Hussars
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth London, England
Place Of Death Suvla, Gallipoli, Turkey
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Turkey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 6 July 1900
VC Presented 15 December 1900, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Named on Helles Memorial (panel 16), Gallipoli, Turkey
P Memorial, St Margrets Church, Eartham, West Sussex
P Named on War Memorial at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square,central London
Portrait at King's Royal Hussars Museum in Winchester, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire
By The Way…
He became good friends with Winston Churchill, whilst at Harrow School
VC Held By
King's Royal Hussars Museum in Winchester, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
