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VC244   Edward Robinson

BORN   17 June 1838

DIED   2 October 1896  AGE   58

VC Won  13 March 1858   AGE   19

Place VC Won  Lucknow

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Edward Robinson   No.    

VC Issue No.   244   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Royal Navy, Naval Brigade

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Able Seaman

Rank End Of Career Able Seaman  

Place Of Birth   Portsea, Hampshire, England

Place Of Death   At his home, Albert Bridge Lodge, Home Park, Windsor Castle Estate, Berkshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   St Peter & St Andrew's Churchyard (Old Windsor Cemetery), Church Road, Old Windsor, Berkshire, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   8 October 1896

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   24 December 1858

VC Presented   04 January 1860, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, St Peter & St Andrew's Churchyard (Old Windsor Cemetery), Church Road, Old Windsor, Berkshire

By The Way…

Reconditioned headstone unveiled by HRH Duke of Edinburgh on 15 May 2000, arranged by the Dedworth, Old Windsor and Windsor branches of the Royal British Legion with the help of the Prince's Trust

VC Held By

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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