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VC192   John Charles Campbell Daunt

BORN   8 November 1832

DIED   5 April 1886  AGE   53

VC Won  2 October 1857   AGE   24

Place VC Won  Chota Behar

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   John Charles Campbell Daunt   No.    

VC Issue No.   192   Awards   VC   

Regiment   11th Bengal Native Infantry

Later   11th Rajputs

Now   Rajput Regiment Indian Army

Rank VC Won   Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Colonel

Place Of Birth   Autranches, Normandy, France

Place Of Death   Bristol, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Redland Green Parish Church, Redland Green, Bristol, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   20 April 1886

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Row 5B, Grave 8

Gazetted   25 February 1862

VC Presented   Registered post

Memorials

P  Headstone, Redland Green Parish Church, Redland Green, Bristol

By The Way…

Headstone had fallen and area was totally overgrown for many years, found and lifted by Gordon Stirrat (Church Warden) and cleaned by Dr James Briggs January 2000. Headstone renovated 10 September 2006

VC Held By

The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M

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