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BORN 1851
DIED 25 September 1912 AGE 61
VC Won 5 August 1882 AGE 31
Place VC Won Kafr Dowar, Egypt
War/Campaign Arabi Pasha Rebellion
Name Frederick Corbett No.
VC Issue No. 397 Awards VC (forfeited 30 July 1884)
Regiment King's Royal Rifle Corps, 3rd Battalion
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Camberwell, London, England
Place Of Death Maldon Workhouse Infirmary, Essex, England
Buried/Location Ashes London Road Cemetery, London Road, Maldon, Essex
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 30 September 1912
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Row 4 (North/ South), Grave 2137 (No. 77 East/West)
Gazetted 16 February 1883
VC Presented 2 March 1883 by the Commander in Chief of Gibraltar, Lord Napier at Cairo, Egypt
Memorials
P Headstone, London Road Cemetery, London Road, Maldon, Essex
By The Way…
Headstone erected on 16 April 2004 by The Celer et Audax Club (Officers' Club of the King's Royal Rifle Corps)
VC Held By
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
