Regiment 2nd Battalion The (Prince Consorts Own) Rifle Brigade
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England
Place Of Death Westminster Hospital, Westminster, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, West Brompton, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 30 May 1865
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section B, Common grave 41.3 x 282.0
Gazetted 24 February 1857
VC Presented 26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone Brompton cemetery, SW6 London
P Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
P Named on Nottinghamshire VC memorial, Nottingham castle grounds
P Wheatley Close, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
By The Way…
Headstone erected 30 March 2001, funded by the Royal Green Jackets
VC Held By
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
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Serving as a private in the Rifle Brigade, he was in the trenches before Sebastopol, when a live shell landed in a crowded trench. He tried to knock out the fuse with his rifle butt, when that failed, he picked it up and threw it to safety, thus saving many lives.
