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VC253 Frederick Whirlpool
BORN 1829
DIED 24 June 1899 AGE 70
VC Won 3 April 1858 AGE 29
Place VC Won Jhansi
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Frederick Whirlpool No.
VC Issue No. 253 Awards VC
Regiment 3rd Bombay European Regiment
Later Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death At his home, McGrath's Hill, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Buried/Location Ashes Windsor Presbyterian Cemetery, Church Street, Windsor, NSW, Australia.
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 26 June 1899
Headstone Unmarked grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 21 October 1859
VC Presented 20 June 1861, Lady Barkley, Melbourne Domain, Australia
Memorials
P Named on Victoria Cross memorial, Abercromby Square, Liverpool
Name on Victoria Cross memorial, Liverpool town hall, Liverpool
By The Way…
Born Frederick Conker, changed to Whirpool to enlist, later changed to Frederick Humphrey James by deed poll
Lived as a hermit at time of death, buried under name of Whirpool
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
