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VC185 The Hon. Augustus Henry Archibald Anson
BORN 5 March 1835
DIED 17 December 1877 AGE 42
VC Won 28 September 1857 AGE 22
Place VC Won Bolundshadur, Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name The Hon. Augustus Henry Archibald Anson No.
VC Issue No. 185 Awards VC
Regiment 84th Regiment
Later York & Lancaster Regiment
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Slebech Hall, Dyfed, Wales
Place Of Death Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Buried/Location Ashes CimetiΦre Grand Jas, 205 Avenue de Grasse, 06400 Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. 4Φme AllΘe, No. 35-37
Gazetted 24 December 1858
VC Presented 08 June 1859 by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, CimetiΦre Grand Jas, 205 Avenue de Grasse, 06400 Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
P Memorial at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire
Memorial in Colwich Parish Church, Staffordshire
By The Way…
'Anson Memorial Sword' annual award to cadet obtaining the highest mark in written examination at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Surrey
VC Held By
National Trust, Shugborough Estate, Milford, near Stafford, Staffordshire, England
