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BORN 8 September 1842
DIED 22 January 1879 AGE 36
VC Won 22 January 1879 AGE 36
Place VC Won Isandhlwana, Zululand
War/Campaign The Zulu War
Name Teignmouth Melvill No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 361 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 4 Clarendon Place, Marylebone, London, England
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)
P Plaque & window at St. Winnows Church, St. Winnows, Cornwall
P Victoria Cross honours board, The Royal Welsh Museum, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys
P Named on Roll of Honour, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire, Big Classical
Memorial in St Fin Barrs Anglican Cathedral, Cork
Display & name in memorial book 'For Valour', Library, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
Entry in 'Honours Book', Archives Dept, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
Framed citation & picture Classroom no. 5, Centenary Block, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
P Named on 24th's Colour Pole at Brecon Cathedral, Powys, Wales
Memorial at Harrow School Chapel, Middlesex
By The Way…
Memorial plaque on the bank of Buffalo River, Zululand, South Africa (1974)
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
