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VC269 Harry Hammon Lyster
BORN 24 December 1830
DIED 1 February 1922 AGE 91
VC Won 23 May 1858 AGE 27
Place VC Won Calpee
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Harry Hammon Lyster No.
VC Issue No. 269 Awards VC CB
Regiment 72nd Bengal Native Infantry
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-General
Place Of Birth Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Place Of Death London, England
Buried/Location Ashes St James the Less Churchyard, Henley Road, Stubbing, near Burchetts Green, Berkshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 7 February 1922
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Grave 229
Gazetted 21 October 1859
VC Presented 1860, Calcutta, India
Memorials
P Headstone, St James the Less Churchyard, Henley Road, Stubbing, near Burchetts Green, Berkshire
Plaque at St Brigid's Church, St Brigids Church Road, Stillorgan, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
By The Way…
Uncle of (448) Hamilton Lyster Reed VC
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
