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VC314 Arthur Frederick Pickard
BORN 12 April 1844
DIED 1 March 1880 AGE 35
VC Won 20 November 1863 AGE 19
Place VC Won Rangiriri, New Zealand
War/Campaign Waikato-Hauhau Maori War
Name Arthur Frederick Pickard No.
VC Issue No. 314 Awards VC CB
Regiment Royal Regiment of Artillery
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Forest Hill, Northamptonshire, England
Place Of Death Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Buried/Location Ashes Cimetiere Grand Jas, 205 Avenue de Grasse, 06400 Cannes, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. 11me Alle, No. 6
Gazetted 22 September 1864
VC Presented 13 April 1865 by Major-General Ridley at the Royal Barracks, Dublin, Ireland
Memorials
P Headstone, Cimetiere Grand Jas, 205 Avenue de Grasse, 06400 Cannes, France
Brass memorial tablet in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
By The Way…
His VC was sold for £56,000 in New Zealand and was bought by Lord Ashcroft
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
