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VC245 Richard Harte Keatinge
BORN 17 June 1825
DIED 24 May 1904 AGE 78
VC Won 17 March 1858 AGE 32
Place VC Won Chundairee
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Richard Harte Keatinge No.
VC Issue No. 245 Awards VC CSI
Regiment Indian Army, Bombay Artillery
Later
Now Royal Artillery
Rank VC Won Major
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-General
Place Of Birth Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Place Of Death At his home, 'Lynwood', North Parade, Horsham, Sussex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Hills Cemetery, Guildford Road, Horsham, West Sussex, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 28 May 1904
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. RH Section
Gazetted 25 February 1862
VC Presented 01 January 1863, GOC Bombay, Lieutenant-General Sir W Mansfield, Bombay, India
Memorials
P Headstone, Hills Cemetery, Guildford Road, Horsham, West Sussex
P Named on memorial in Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
By The Way…
He founded the Rajkumar College, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
VC Held By
With family
