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VC33 The Hon. Sir Henry Hugh Clifford
BORN 12 September 1826
DIED 12 April 1883 AGE 56
VC Won 5 November 1854 AGE 28
Place VC Won Inkerman, Crimea
War/Campaign Crimean War
Name The Honourable Sir Henry Hugh Clifford No.
VC Issue No. 33 Awards VC CB KCMG
Regiment Rifle Brigade
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major-General
Place Of Birth Irnham Hall, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Place Of Death Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh, Devon, England
Buried/Location Ashes Ugbrooke House Chapel Crypt, Chudleigh, Devon, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Vault Plot/Grave no. Family crypt
Gazetted 24 February 1857
VC Presented 26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England
Memorials
P Vault plaque, Ugbrooke House Chapel Crypt, Chudleigh, Devon
Camp bed and drawings at Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh, Devon
P Marble family plaque at Buckfast Abbey, Devon
P Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
By The Way…
Painted dozens of water colours whilst in the Crimea, that still exist.
VC Held By
Held by family, currently with Lord Clifford, Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh, Devon, England
At the Battle of Inkerman, he led a charge of the Rifle Brigade killing one Russian with his sword, wounding another and saving the life of a private.
