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VC347 Walter Richard Pollock Hamilton
BORN 18 August 1856
DIED 3 September 1879 AGE 23
VC Won 2 April 1879 AGE 22
Place VC Won Futtehabad
War/Campaign Second Afghan War, Afghanistan
Name Walter Richard Pollock Hamilton No.
VC Issue No. 347 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, Bengal Staff Corps & Corps of Guides
Later
Now The Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) Pakistan Army
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Place Of Death Kabul, Afghanistan
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown in Kabul, Afghanistan
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Unmarked Grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 1 September 1879
VC Presented No presentation
Memorials
Memorial window & plaque, St Canice's Cathedral, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Memorial, Inistioge Church, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
P Memorial, St Paul's Cathedral, London
Plaque, Sanctum Crypt, St Luke's Church, Chelsea, London
Statue at the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London
P Memorial at Felsted School, Essex
Memorial at Horse Show Hall, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
Name on Guide's Memorial Gate, Mardan, Afghanistan
Memorial at Christ Church, Rawalpindi, Pujab, Pakistan
By The Way…
The statue at the National Army Museum, London was previously at the National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
His Victoria Cross Award was backdated to 1st September 1879, two days before his death
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
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Pete Stevens
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Thank you to Jules Wallis, Archivist at Felsted School for photo of their Plaque
