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VC461 Albert Edward Curtis
BORN 6 January 1866
DIED 18 March 1940 AGE 76
VC Won 23 February 1900 AGE 34
Place VC Won Onderbank Spruit
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Albert Edward Curtis No.
VC Issue No. 461 Awards VC
Regiment East Surrey Regiment
Later The Queens Regiment
Now Princess of Wales Royal Regiment
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Guildford, Surrey, England
Place Of Death At his home, 32 Longmore Avenue, North Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Bells Hill Cemetery, Bells Hill, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Plot 435, Grave B5
Gazetted 15 January 1901
VC Presented 14 August 1900 or 1901 by the Duke of York (later King George V) at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, Bells Hill Cemetery, Bells Hill, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire
P Plaque at All Saints Parish Church, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
By The Way…
Headstone erected 23 February 2000 by the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and the Tower of London
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
