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VC448 Hamilton Lyster Reed
BORN 23 May 1869
DIED 7 March 1931 AGE 61
VC Won 15 December 1899 AGE 30
Place VC Won Battle of Colenso
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Hamilton Lyster Reed No.
VC Issue No. 448 Awards VC CB CMG
Regiment Royal Field Artillery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major-General
Place Of Birth Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Place Of Death At his home, 27b Bramham Gardens, South Kensington, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes East Sheen Cemetery, Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 11 March 1931
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section E, Grave 210
Gazetted 2 February 1900
VC Presented 4 March 1900, Lieutenant-General Sir G Butler, Ladysmith, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, East Sheen Cemetery, Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
By The Way…
Nephew of (269) Harry Hammon Lyster VC
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
