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VC109   George Strong

BORN   April 1833

DIED   25 August 1888  AGE   55

VC Won  September 1855  AGE  22

Place VC Won  Sebastopol, Crimea

War/Campaign  Crimean War

Name   George Strong  No. 4787  

VC Issue No.   109   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Coldstream Guards

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Private

Rank End Of Career   Private

Place Of Birth   Ham Hill, Odcombe, near Yeovil, Somerset, England

Place Of Death  Sherston Magna, Wiltshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes  Church of the Holy Cross Churchyard, High Street, Sherston, near Malmesbury

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Memorial Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   24 February 1857

VC Presented   26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England

Memorials

P  Memorial Headstone, Church of the Holy Cross Churchyard, High Street, Sherston, near Malmesbury

P  Named on brother's headstone, Church of the Holy Cross Churchyard, Sherston, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire

By The Way…

Baptised on 07 April 1833

Death certificate shows age of 52

VC Held By

Coldstream Guards, Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London, England

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In September 1855, whilst on duty in the trenches, picked up a live shell and without hesitation threw it over the parapet where it immediately exploded. His swift action saved many lives