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BORN c. 1876
DIED 6 January 1900 AGE c. 23
VC Won 6 January 1900 AGE 23
Place VC Won Wagonhill, Ladysmith
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Herman Albrecht No. 459 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 454 Awards VC
Regiment South African Forces, Imperial Light Horse (Natal)
Later
Now Light Horse Regiment, South African Army
Rank VC Won Trooper
Rank End Of Career Trooper
Place Of Birth Burghersdorp, Aliwal, North Cape, South Africa
Place Of Death Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Small cemetery on Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Obelisk Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 8 August 1902
VC Presented Registered post to his family on the 30 April 1902
Memorials
Named on Imperial Light Horse Memorial, Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, South Africa (where originally buried)
Named on War Memorial Panels, All Saints Church, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal
By The Way…
Originally buried in a communal grave on Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, South Africa
VC Held By
National Museum of Military History, Joberg, Gauteng, South Africa
