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VC289 Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun
BORN 13 June 1820
DIED 6 May 1862 AGE 41
VC Won 15 January 1859 AGE 38
Place VC Won Chichumbah
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun No.
VC Issue No. 289 Awards VC
Regiment 19th Madras Native Infantry
Later 79th Carnatic Infantry
Now 3rd Battalion The Madras Regiment Indian Army
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Place Of Death Hingoli, Inida
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, probably Madras Cemetery, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 21 October 1859
VC Presented 19 January 1860, GOC Madras, Lieutenant-General Sir P Grant, Madras, India
Memorials
By The Way…
Original VC replaced in 1938 to the Commandant of the Royal Deccan Horse
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
