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VC255 Henry Edward Jerome
BORN 28 February 1830
DIED 25 February 1901 AGE 70
VC Won 3 April 1858 AGE 28
Place VC Won Jhansi, Chandairee and Jumn
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Henry Edward Jerome No.
VC Issue No. 255 Awards VC
Regiment 86th Regiment
Later Royal Irish Rifles
Now Royal Irish Regiment
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major-General
Place Of Birth Antigua, West Indies
Place Of Death At his home, 3 Sion Place, Bath, Somerset, England
Buried/Location Ashes Lansdown Cemetery, Lansdown Road, Bath, Somerset, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 11 November 1859
VC Presented 04 January 1860, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Lansdown Cemetery, Lansdown Road, Bath, Somerset
Named on Regimental Memorial at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
By The Way…
Headstone topple tested in July 2005 and subsequently taken down, restored 2008
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
