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VC304 Robert Montresor Rogers
BORN 4 September 1834
DIED 5 February 1895 AGE 60
VC Won 21 August 1860 AGE 25
Place VC Won Taku Forts, China
War/Campaign Third China War
Name Robert Montresor Rogers No.
VC Issue No. 304 Awards VC CB
Regiment 44th Regiment
Later Essex Regiment
Now Royal Anglian Regiment
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major-General
Place Of Birth Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Place Of Death Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Parish Church of All Saints Churchyard, Boyn Hill Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 13 August 1861
VC Presented 22 November 1862, Commander in Chief India, Sir Hugh Rose, Bengal, India
Memorials
P Headstone, Parish Church of All Saints Churchyard, Boyn Hill Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire
By The Way…
His Victoria Cross was brought by Lord Ashcroft for £180,000 November 2010
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
