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VC243   Sir Henry Wilmot

BORN   3 February 1831

DIED   7 April 1901  AGE   70

VC Won  11 March 1858   AGE   27

Place VC Won  Iron Bridge, Lucknow

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Sir Henry Wilmot   No.    

VC Issue No.   243   Awards   VC   KCB

Regiment   Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), 2nd Battalion

Later   Royal Green Jackets

Now   2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles

Rank VC Won   Captain

Rank End Of Career   Colonel

Place Of Birth   Chaddesden, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Place Of Death   At his home, 'Chaddesden', Bournemouth, Dorset, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Church Lane, Chaddesden, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   24 December 1858

VC Presented   1859, India

Memorials

P  Headstone, Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Church Lane, Chaddesden, Derby

P  Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire

By The Way…

Later 5th Baron Chaddesden

VC Held By

Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England

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