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VC129   William Oxenham

BORN   July 1823

DIED   29 December 1875  AGE   67

VC Won  30 June 1857  AGE  33

Place VC Won  Lucknow

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   William Oxenham   No.   

VC Issue No.   129   Awards   VC   

Regiment   32nd Regiment

Later   Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Now   3rd + 5th Battalions The Rifles

Rank VC Won   Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Corporal

Place Of Birth   Tiverton, Devon, England

Place Of Death   St Sidwell's Parish, Exeter, Devon, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Higher Cemetery, Pinhoe Road, Exeter, Devon, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   03 January 1876

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Dissenters Section B, Division 126, Grave 30

Gazetted   21 November 1859

VC Presented   04 January 1860, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Higher Cemetery, Pinhoe Road, Exeter, Devon, England

By The Way…

Headstone erected 1993

VC Held By

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, The Keep, Bodmin, Cornwall, England

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During the defence of Lucknow, he saved the life of a civilian who was trapped under fallen masonry whilst under sustained rifle and cannon shot