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VC293 Sir Dighton MacNaughten Probyn
BORN 21 January 1833
DIED 20 June 1924 AGE 91
VC Won 1857-1858 AGE 25
Place VC Won Throughout Mutiny Campaign
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Sir Dighton MacNaughten Probyn No.
VC Issue No. 293 Awards VC GCB GCSI GCVO ISO
Regiment 2nd Punjab Cavalry
Later 22nd Sam Brownes Cavalry
Now 12th Cavalry Frontier Force Pakistan Army
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career General
Place Of Birth Marylebone, London, England
Place Of Death Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Buried/Location Ashes Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, West London
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Square 117-2, Grave 21487
Gazetted 18 June 1858
VC Presented 2 August 1858 by Queen Victoria, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, West London
P Brass plaque at Sandringham Church, Norfolk
P Memorial window at Sandringham Church, Norfolk
Named on school chapel, Gordon Boys School, Bagshot Road, West End, Surrey
Memorial plaque in Cathedral of Resurrection, Lahore, Pakistan
By The Way…
After his military life he served the Royal Household until he died at Sandringham
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