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VC415 Randolph Cosby Nesbitt
BORN 20 September 1867
DIED 23 July 1956 AGE 88
VC Won 19 June 1896 AGE 28
Place VC Won Alice Mine, Mazoe Valley, Salisbury
War/Campaign Mashona Rebellion, Rhodesia
Name Randolph Cosby Nesbitt No. 129
VC Issue No. 415 Awards VC
Regiment South African Forces, Mashonaland Police
Later Rhodesian Mounted Police
Now Zimbabwe Republic Police
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Queenstown, Cape Colony, South Africa
Place Of Death Cape Town, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes BSA Police Section, The Cloisters, Harare Anglican Cathedral, Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe
Cremated Cape Town, South Africa
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plaque Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 7 May 1897
VC Presented 11 November 1897, Governor of Cape Colony, Lord Milner, Salisbury, South Africa
Memorials
Niche Harare Anglican Cathedral, Zimbabwe
By The Way…
He was cremated in Cape Town, South Africa, then ashes interred at Harare Anglican Cathedral, Zimbabwe
VC Held By
National archives of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
