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BORN 26 February 1877
DIED 18 February 1955 AGE 77
VC Won 6 January 1900 AGE 22
Place VC Won Caesar’s Camp, Natal
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name James Pitts No.
VC Issue No. 457 Awards VC DCM
Regiment Manchester Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later The Kings Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth 77 Barton Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death Blackburn Infirmary, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Blackburn Cemetery, Whalley New Road, Blackburn, Lancashire
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 22 February 1955
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. RC Section, Plot D, Grave 2524
Gazetted 26 July 1901
VC Presented 8 June 1902, Commander in Chief South Africa, Lord Kitchener, Pretoria, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, Blackburn Cemetery, Whalley New Road, Blackburn, Lancashire
P Memorial plaque in Blackburn Old Town Hall, Lancashire
Memorial in Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire
Memorial tablet at site of action, Caesers Camp, Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa
By The Way…
A headstone was erected in 1970
VC Held By
Manchester Regiment, The Museum of the Manchesters, Ashton Town Hall, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
