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VC36   Andrew Henry

BORN  1 November 1823

DIED   14 October 1870  AGE   46

VC Won  5 November 1854  AGE 31

Place VC Won  Inkerman, Crimea

War/Campaign  Crimean War

Name   Andrew Henry   No.             

VC Issue No.   36   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Royal Regiment of Artillery

Later   

Now   Royal Regiment of Artillery

Rank VC Won   Sergeant-Major

Rank End Of Career   Captain

Place Of Birth   Woolwich, London, England

Place Of Death   The Royal Citadel, Plymouth, Devon, England

Buried/Location Ashes  Ford Park Cemetery, Ford Park Road, Plymouth, Devon, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Section F, Row 2, Grave 35

Gazetted   24 February 1857

VC Presented   26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone Ford Park Cemetery, Ford Park Road, Plymouth, Devon, England (Headstone erected 1952)

P  Named on memorial at the Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London

By The Way…

There is still a wreath laying ceremony once a year at his grave by members of the Plymouth Royal Artillery Association

VC Held By

Royal Artillery Regiment Museum, Old Royal Military Academy, Red Lion Lane, Woolwich, London, England

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At the Battle of Inkerman he defended his guns against far superior numbers until incapacitated by twelve bayonet wounds. He survived.