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VC350 Euston Henry Sartorius
BORN 6 June 1844
DIED 19 February 1925 AGE 80
VC Won 24 October 1879 AGE 35
Place VC Won Shahjui
War/Campaign Second Afghan War, Afghanistan
Name Euston Henry Sartorius No.
VC Issue No. 350 Awards VC CB
Regiment 59th Regiment
Later East Lancashire Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major-General
Place Of Birth Cintra, near Lisbon, Portugal
Place Of Death At his home, 'The Old Swan House', 17 Chelsea Embankment, Chelsea, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, The Mount, Ewhurst, Surrey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 16 May 1881
VC Presented 1 July 1881 by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, The Mount, Ewhurst, Surrey
Memorial at Victoria College, Jersey, Channel Islands
P Named on memorial plaque at Blackburn Cathedral, Lancashire
By The Way…
Brother of (338) Reginald William Sartorius VC
His former house is now Hurtwood House School, surrey. Team member Whitty was once Hurtwood House School’s postman
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
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