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VC286 Sir Charles Crauford Fraser
BORN 31 August 1829
DIED 7 June 1895 AGE 65
VC Won 31 December 1858 AGE 29
Place VC Won River Raptee, India
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Sir Charles Crauford Fraser No.
VC Issue No. 286 Awards VC KCB
Regiment 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
Later
Now Queen's Royal Hussars
Rank VC Won Major
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-General
Place Of Birth London, England
Place Of Death London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, West Brompton, West London
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Compartment 2 East
Gazetted 8 November 1860
VC Presented 9 November 1860 by Queen Victoria at Home Park, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, West Brompton, West London
Plaque in All Saint's Garrison Church, Aldershot, Hampshire
P Name on Victoria Cross memorial, Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire
By The Way…
He became in later life a conservative member of parliament between 1885-1892
VC Held By
Not known
