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BORN 3 March 1840
DIED 9 August 1887 AGE 47
VC Won 18 November 1857 AGE 17
Place VC Won Secundra Bagh, Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name George Monger No. 5202
VC Issue No. 227 Awards VC
Regiment 23rd Regiment
Later Royal Welch Fusiliers
Now The Royal Welsh
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Woodmancott, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 'Bohemia', 25 Tower Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Hastings Borough Cemetery, The Ridge, Hastings, East Sussex, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 13 August 1887
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Division E, Section H, Grave 18
Gazetted 12 April 1859
VC Presented May 1860, Commander in Chief India, Lord Clyde, Lucknow, India
Memorials
P Headstone, Hastings Borough Cemetery, The Ridge, Hastings, East Sussex
Plaque at St James Church, Woodmancott, Hampshire
P Monger Road, Wrexham, Wales
P Plaque on his former home, 25 Tower Road, Bohemia, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex
P VC street name plaque, Hightown, Wrexham
By The Way…
Common grave purchased by local resident in 1889 and headstone erected
VC Held By
Regimental Museum of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, The Queen's Tower, Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
