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VC445 Sir Walter Norris Congreve
BORN 20 November 1862
DIED 26 February 1927 AGE 64
VC Won 15 December 1899 AGE 37
Place VC Won Battle of Colenso
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Sir Walter Norris Congreve No.
VC Issue No. 445 Awards VC KCB MVO
Regiment Rifle Brigade
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career General
Place Of Birth Chatham, Kent, England
Place Of Death Imtarfa Hospital, Malta
Buried/Location Ashes At sea, between Malta and the Island of Filfla
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 4 March 1927
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 2 February 1900
VC Presented 25 October 1900 by the Commander in Chief, South Africa, Lord Roberts VC at Pretoria, South Africa
Memorials
P Memorial in Stow-by-Chartley Church, Staffordshire
P Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
P Memorial stone on cliffs between Hagar Qim and Mnajdra, Malta
P Archway in Valetta, Malta
P Congreave Street, Malta
By The Way…
Father of (729) William La Touche Congreave VC
He was Govenor of Malta at the time of his death
VC Held By
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
