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VC465 Henry William Engleheart
BORN 14 November 1863
DIED 9 August 1939 AGE 75
VC Won 13 March 1900 AGE 36
Place VC Won North Of Bloemfontein
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Henry William Engleheart No.
VC Issue No. 465 Awards VC
Regiment 10th Hussars
Later
Now King's Royal Hussars
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Quarter-Master Sergeant
Place Of Birth Blackheath, London, England
Place Of Death At his home, 'Fairlight', Lawn Close, Datchet, Berkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Woking Crematorium, Hermitage Road, St John's, Woking, Surrey, England
Cremated Woking Crematorium, Hermitage Road, St John's, Woking, Surrey, England
Date Buried/Cremated 12 August 1939
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Byron Garden South, Garden of Remebrance
Gazetted 8 October 1900
VC Presented 15 December 1900, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Named on Victoria Cross mural, Lewisham shopping centre, Lewisham, London
Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Lewisham Civic Centre, Lewisham, London
By The Way…
The nickname of the 10th Hussars was “the shiny 10th”
VC Held By
King's Royal Hussars Museum in Winchester, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
