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VC321 Duncan Gordon Boyes
BORN 5 November 1846
DIED 26 January 1869 AGE 22
VC Won 6 September 1864 AGE 17
Place VC Won Shimonoseki, Japan
War/Campaign Shimonoseki Campaign
Name Duncan Gordon Boyes No.
VC Issue No. 321 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Midshipman
Rank End Of Career Midshipman
Place Of Birth Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Place Of Death Dunedin, New Zealand
Buried/Location Ashes Andersons Bay Soldiers Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Andersons Bay, Dunedin, S.I. New Zealand
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 1954
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Anglican Southern Section, Block 6, Plot 24
Gazetted 21 April 1865
VC Presented 22 September 1865 by Commander in Chief Portsmouth, Admiral Sir M Seymour, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Andersons Bay Soldiers Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Andersons Bay, Dunedin, S.I. New Zealand
P Named on Roll of Honour, Big Classical, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
Display & named in memorial book 'For Valour', Cheltenham College Library, Gloucestershire
Entry in 'Honours Book', Archives Department, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
P Framed citation & picture in Classroom no. 3, Centenary Block, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
By The Way…
Brother-in-law of (221) Thomas James Young VC
Originally buried at Southern Cemetery, Dunedin, New Zealand
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
