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VC446 Harry Norton Schofield
BORN 29 January 1865
DIED 10 October 1931 AGE 66
VC Won 15 December 1899 AGE 34
Place VC Won Battle of Colenso
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Harry Norton Schofield No.
VC Issue No. 446 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Field Artillery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Audenshaw, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death at his home, 28 Connaught Gardens, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Putney Vale Cemetery, Stag Lane, Wimbledon, Wandsworth, South West London
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 14 October 1931
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Block L, Grave 29
Gazetted 30 August 1901
VC Presented 29 October 1901, King Edward VII
Memorials
P Headstone, Putney Vale Cemetery, Stag Lane, Wimbledon, Wandsworth, London
Named on plaque outside The Museum of the Manchesters, Ashton Town Hall, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
P Plaque at Ryecroft Hall, Audenshaw, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
P Memorial in Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
P Schofield Road, Putney Vale Cemetery, Wimbeldon, South London
P Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial Stone, Wandsworth Town Hall, Wandsworth, South London
By The Way…
The cross on Harry Schofields grave is now flat, after being topple tested
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
