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VC455 Robert James Thomas Digby-Jones
BORN 27 September 1876
DIED 6 January 1900 AGE 23
VC Won 6 January 1900 AGE 23
Place VC Won Wagonhill, Ladysmith
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Robert James Thomas Digby-Jones No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 455 Awards VC
Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Place Of Death Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Ladysmith Cemetery, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 8 August 1902
VC Presented Registered post to his family on the 30 April 1902
Memorials
Headstone, Ladysmith Cemetery, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Named on War Memorial Panels, All Saints Church, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal
P Named on 'For Valour' board at the Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent
Named on memorial cairn at scene of VC action, Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, South Africa
Memorial plaque, St Marys Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh
P Named on South African Memorial Arch, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, Kent
Plaque, St Johns Church, Alnmouth, Northhumberland
Name on Boer War Memorial, Sedbergh School, Cumbria
P Named on Officers killed on active service board, Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent
By The Way…
Originally buried in mass grave at Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, South Africa
VC Held By
Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent, England
