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VC292 Charles Augustus Goodfellow
BORN 29 November 1836
DIED 1 September 1915 AGE 78
VC Won 6 October 1859 AGE 22
Place VC Won Fort of Beyt, India
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Charles Augustus Goodfellow No.
VC Issue No. 292 Awards VC
Regiment Bombay Engineers
Later
Now Royal Engineers
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-General
Place Of Birth Essex, England
Place Of Death Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Leamington Spa Cemetery, Brunswick Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 4 September 1915
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section 48, Grave 6
Gazetted 16 April 1863
VC Presented 11 September 1863, GOC Mhow, Major-General Green, Mhow, India
Memorials
P Headstone, Leamington Spa Cemetery, Brunswick Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
P Named on 'For Valour' board at the Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent
By The Way…
His was the last Victoria Cross awarded for the mutiny campaign
VC Held By
Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent, England
