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VC191 James Reynolds Roberts
BORN 1826
DIED 1 August 1859 AGE 33
VC Won 28 September 1857 AGE 31
Place VC Won Bolundshadur
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name James Reynolds Roberts No.
VC Issue No. 191 Awards VC
Regiment 9th Lancers
Later Queen's Royal Lancers
Now The Royal Lancers
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Bow, London, England
Place Of Death The Middlesex Hospital, Marylebone, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Paddington Old Cemetery, Willesden Lane, Kilburn, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 05 August 1859
Headstone Unmarked grave Plot/Grave no. 3rd Ground Section 3B, Grave 566
Gazetted 24 December 1858
VC Presented Registered post to his brother on the 21 September 1859
Memorials
By The Way…
The nickname for the 9th / 12th Royal Lancers was the Delhi Spearmen
VC Held By
9th / 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), Derby Museum & Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, Derbyshire, England
