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VC108  Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale

BORN   1 June 1833

DIED   1 November 1893  AGE   60

VC Won  29 September 1855  AGE 22  

Place VC Won  Kars, Crimea

War/Campaign  Crimean War

Name   Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale  No.   

VC Issue No.   108   Awards   VC    KCMG   CB

Regiment   Royal Regiment of Artillery

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won  Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Major-General

Place Of Birth   Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Place Of Death The Ark, South Bersted, near Bognor, Sussex, England  

Buried/Location Ashes  Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Bersted Street, South Bersted, near Bognor Regis, Sussex, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   25 September 1857

VC Presented   21 November 1857, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Bersted Street, South Bersted, near Bognor Regis, Sussex, England

P  Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London

P  Named on Memorial Board, Old College, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, By War Memorial, Clarence Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex

By The Way…

First South African born recipient of the Victoria Cross

VC Held By

The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M

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On 29th September 1855, he held a position against strong Russian forces. Rallying the wavering Turkish allies, they drove the Russians out of the position. Then, at great risk to himself, helped to save the wounded Russians from the vengeful Turks

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