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VC176 Sir William Olpherts
BORN 8 March 1822
DIED 30 April 1902 AGE 80
VC Won 25 September 1857 AGE 35
Place VC Won Relief of Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Sir William Olpherts No. ELECTED BY REGIMENT
VC Issue No. 176 Awards VC GCB
Regiment Bengal Artillery
Later
Now Royal Artillery
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career General
Place Of Birth Dartrey Lodge, Blackwatertown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland
Place Of Death At his home, 'Wood House', Hamlet Road, Crystal Palace, Upper Norwood, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Richmond Cemetery, Lower Grove Road, Richmond, Surrey, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 03 May 1902
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section N, Grave 1953
Gazetted 18 June 1858
VC Presented 04 May 1859, Major-General Sir S J Cotton, Lucknow, India
Memorials
P Headstone, Richmond Cemetery, Lower Grove Road, Richmond, Surrey, England
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
P Named on Memorial Board, Old College, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey
By The Way…
Headstone refurbished in 2008
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
