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VC278   James Champion

BORN   1834

DIED   4 May 1904  AGE   69

VC Won  8 September 1858   AGE   24

Place VC Won   Beejapore

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   James Champion   No.    

VC Issue No.   278   Awards   VC   MSM

Regiment   8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars

Later   

Now   Queen's Royal Hussars

Rank VC Won   Troop Sergeant-Major

Rank End Of Career   Troop Sergeant-Major

Place Of Birth   Hammersmith, London, England

Place Of Death   Hammersmith, London, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Margravine Road Cemetery, Margravine Road, Hammersmith, West London

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   07 May 1904

Headstone   Unmarked Grave   Plot/Grave no.   Grave 30 E 40 (private grave)

Gazetted   20 January 1860

VC Presented   India

Memorials

P  Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial Stone, Wandsworth Town Hall, Wandsworth, South London

Painting by P Fox 1988 and photo's at the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, Sussex Combined Services Museum, Redoubt Fortress, Royal Parade, Eastbourne, Sussex

By The Way…

It’s not clear if his grave was ever marked, or was destroyed by bombing in WW2, or cleared in the 1950’s

VC Held By

Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, Sussex Combined Services Museum, Redoubt Fortress, Royal Parade, Eastbourne, Sussex, England

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