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VC287   Henry Addison

BORN   February 1821

DIED   18 June 1887  AGE   66

VC Won  2 January 1859   AGE   37

Place VC Won   Punnah Jungle, Kurrereah

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Henry Addison   No.    

VC Issue No.   287   Awards   VC   

Regiment   43rd Regiment

Later   Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Now   2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles

Rank VC Won   Private

Rank End Of Career   Private

Place Of Birth   Bardwell, Suffolk, England

Place Of Death   At his home, High Street, Bardwell, Suffolk, England

Buried/Location Ashes   St Peter St Paul Parish Churchyard, Church Road, Bardwell, Suffolk

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   2 September 1859

VC Presented   9 November 1860 by Queen Victoria at Home Park, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, St Peter St Paul Parish Churchyard, Church Road, Bardwell, Suffolk

P  Kneeler in church, Bardwell, Suffolk

By The Way…

He lost a leg in the course of his VC action

VC Held By

Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England

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