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VC312 Henry William Pitcher
BORN 1841
DIED 5 July 1875 AGE 34
VC Won 30 October 1863 AGE 22
Place VC Won Umbeyla, North West Frontier, India
War/Campaign Umbeyla Expedition, North West Frontier, India
Name Henry William Pitcher No.
VC Issue No. 312 Awards VC
Regiment 4th Punjab Infantry
Later 57th Wildes Rifles Frontier Force
Now The Frontier Force Regiment, Pakistan Army
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Bath, Avon, England
Place Of Death Dehra Ghazi Khan, India
Buried/Location Ashes Dehra Ismail Khan Cemetery, Kohat, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 16 July 1864
VC Presented
Memorials
Headstone, Dehra Ismail Khan Cemetery, Kohat, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Memorial in St Augustine's Church, Kohat, India
Window at St Martin's Church, Jersey, Channel Islands
By The Way…
Originally buried at Dehra Ghazi Khan Cemetery, re-interred after flooding
VC Held By
Jersey Museum, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
