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VC299 John Worthy Chaplin
BORN 23 July 1840
DIED 18 August 1920 AGE 80
VC Won 21 August 1860 AGE 20
Place VC Won Taku Forts, China
War/Campaign Third China War
Name John Worthy Chaplin No.
VC Issue No. 299 Awards VC CB
Regiment 67th Regiment
Later Hampshire Regiment
Now Princess Of Wales Royal Regiment
Rank VC Won Ensign
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Ewhurst Park, Hampshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, 'Park House', Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Kibworth Cemetery, Harborough Road (A6), Kibworth, Leicestershire
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Grave 1546
Gazetted 13 August 1861
VC Presented
Memorials
P Headstone, Kibworth Cemetery, Harborough Road (A6), Kibworth, Leicestershire
P Named on Victoria Cross memorial Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Serles House, Winchester, Hampshire
By The Way…
The nickname of the Hampshire Regiment is “The Hampshire Tigers”
VC Held By
Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Serle's House, Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire, England
