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VC458   Robert Scott

BORN  4 June 1874

DIED   21 February 1961   AGE   86

VC Won   6 January 1900   AGE   25

Place VC Won   Caesar’s Camp, Natal

War/Campaign  The Second Boer War

Name   Robert Scott  No.   

VC Issue No.   458   Awards   VC  

Regiment   Manchester Regiment, 1st  Battalion

Later   The Kings Regiment

Now   The Duke of Lancasters Regiment

Rank VC Won   Private

Rank End Of Career   Private

Place Of Birth   Haslingden, Lancashire, England

Place Of Death   Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Buried/Location Ashes   Christchurch Church of Ireland Cemetery, Newry Street, Kilkeel, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   26 July 1901

VC Presented   8 June 1902, Commander in Chief South Africa, Lord Kitchener, Pretoria, South Africa

Memorials

Headstone, Christchurch Church of Ireland Cemetery, Newry Street, Kilkeel, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

P  Blue plaque, Peel Street, Haslingden, Lancashire

Plaque on war memorial, Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland

Memorial tablet at the site of action, Caesers Camp, Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa

By The Way…

He won the first VC for the Manchester Regiment

VC Held By

Manchester Regiment, The Museum of the Manchesters, Ashton Town Hall, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England

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