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VC173   Joseph Jee

BORN   9 February 1819

DIED   17 March 1899  AGE   80

VC Won  25 September 1857   AGE   38

Place VC Won  Relief of Lucknow

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Joseph Jee   No.    

VC Issue No.   173   Awards   VC   CB

Regiment   78th Regiment

Later   Seaforth Highlanders

Now   4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland

Rank VC Won   Surgeon

Rank End Of Career   Deputy Surgeon-General

Place Of Birth   Hartshill, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England

Place Of Death   Queniborough Old Hall, Leicestershire, England

Buried/Location Ashes  Rosminian Cemetery, Ratcliffe Roman Catholic College, Fosse Way, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   8 November 1860

VC Presented   09 November 1860 by Queen Victoria at Home Park, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Rosminian Cemetery, Ratcliffe Roman Catholic College, Fosse Way, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire

Memorial chapel dedicated to his memory at Ratcliffe Roman Catholic College, Fosse Way, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire (removed during refurbishment and relocated to a church outside the county)

Portrait at Mildenhall

P  Plaque at National Memorial  Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

By The Way…

Joseph Jee was made an honorary surgeon to queen victoria aged 80

VC Held By

Royal Army Medical Corps Museum, Keogh Barracks, Mytchett Place Road, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, England

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