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BORN 28 April 1827
DIED 6 November 1886 AGE 59
VC Won 19 March 1858 AGE 30
Place VC Won Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name David Rushe No.
VC Issue No. 248 Awards VC
Regiment 9th Lancers
Later Queen's Royal Lancers
Now The Royal Lancers
Rank VC Won Troop Sergeant-Major
Rank End Of Career Regimental Sergeant-Major
Place Of Birth Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Parish Church of All Saints Churchyard, The Causeway, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Unmarked Grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 24 December 1858
VC Presented 04 January 1860, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Plaque at Parish Church of All Saints, The Causeway, Marlow, Buckinghamshire (unveiled in 1994, shows name as Rush)
By The Way…
His medal was sold by his widow, but was bought back by the Rushe family in 1959. They have now loaned it to the Lancers Museum Derby
VC Held By
Held by family, loaned to 9th / 12th Royal Lancers Derby Museum & Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, Derbyshire, England
