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VC107   George Fiott Day

BORN   20 June 1820

DIED   18 December 1876  AGE   56

VC Won  17 September 1855  AGE 35

Place VC Won  Sea of Azov, Crimea

War/Campaign  Crimean War

Name   George Fiott Day  No.   

VC Issue No.   107   Awards   VC    CB

Regiment   Royal Navy

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won  Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Captain

Place Of Birth   Bobis Hill, Southampton, Hampshire, England

Place Of Death   Anchor Head Hotel, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England  

Buried/Location Ashes  Milton Road Cemetery, Milton Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.  Consecrated Section, Grave 2397

Gazetted   24 February 1857

VC Presented   1857, CO HMS Firefly

Memorials

P  Headstone, Milton Road Cemetery, Milton Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England

P  Plaque on Anchor Head Hotel, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

By The Way…

New Headstone unveiled 14 May 2002

VC Held By

Sheesh Mahal Museum, Patialla, India

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