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VC403   Alfred Smith

BORN   1861

DIED   6 January 1932  AGE   71

VC Won   17 January 1885   AGE   23

Place VC Won   Abu Klea, Sudan

War/Campaign  Mahdi Rebellion

Name   Alfred Smith   No.    

VC Issue No.   403   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Royal Regiment of Artillery

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Gunner

Rank End Of Career   Gunner

Place Of Birth   London, England

Place Of Death   At his home, Harger Road, Plumstead, London, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Plumstead Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Upper Wickham Lane, Greenwich, SE London

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Section N, Grave 885

Gazetted   12 May 1885

VC Presented   3 August 1885, GOC Egypt, General Sir F C A Stephenson

Memorials

P  Headstone, Plumstead Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Upper Wickham Lane, Greenwich, SE London

P  Named on memorial in Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London

By The Way…

Gazetted as 'Albert'

A headstone was erected 1986, this was donated by the CWS Memorial Service

VC Held By

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

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