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VC298 Nathaniel Godolphin Burslem
BORN 2 February 1837
DIED July 1865 AGE 28
VC Won 21 August 1860 AGE 23
Place VC Won Taku Forts, China
War/Campaign Third China War
Name Nathaniel Godolphin Burslem No.
VC Issue No. 298 Awards VC
Regiment 67th Regiment
Later Hampshire Regiment
Now Princess Of Wales Royal Regiment
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Place Of Death Thames River, where River Waihou enters Firth of Thames, near Auckland, New Zealand
Buried/Location Ashes Location Unknown - New Zealand
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 13 August 1861
VC Presented September 1862, GOC Canada, Major-General Sir W Williams, Montreal, Canada
Memorials
P Named on Victoria Cross memorial Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Serles House, Winchester, Hampshire
By The Way…
When he drowned in a boating accident, it is still not certain wether a body was recovered or not, so there is no grave
VC Held By
Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Serle's House, Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire, England
