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VC464 Conwyn Mansel-Jones
BORN 14 June 1871
DIED 29 May 1942 AGE 70
VC Won 27 February 1900 AGE 28
Place VC Won Terrace Hill, Near Tugela
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Conwyn Mansel-Jones No.
VC Issue No. 464 Awards VC CNG DSO
Regiment West Yorkshire Regiment
Later Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire
Now 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Beddington, Surrey, England
Place Of Death At his home, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Parish Church of St Nicholas Churchyard, Church Lane, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 29 July 1900
VC Presented 20 August 1900 by Queen Victoria at Osborne House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Parish Church of St Nicholas Churchyard, Church Lane, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
By The Way…
He was a member of the Honorary Corps of Gentleman At Arms from 1920 until his death in 1942
VC Held By
Not known
