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BORN 23 April 1824
DIED 6 April 1875 AGE 50
VC Won 11 March 1858 AGE 33
Place VC Won Iron Bridge, Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name William Nash No.
VC Issue No. 242 Awards VC
Regiment Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Newcastle, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Place Of Death 16 Marlow Road, Homerton, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes St John's Churchyard, Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 12 April 1875
Headstone Unmarked Grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 24 December 1858
VC Presented 1859, India
Memorials
P Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
By The Way…
Death certificate show age as 47
VC Held By
Not known
