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VC466 Horace Henry Glasock
BORN 16 October 1880
DIED 20 October 1916 AGE 36
VC Won 31 March 1900 AGE 19
Place VC Won Korn Spruit, Sanna’s Post
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Horace Henry Glasock No. Elected By Regiment
VC Issue No. 466 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, 'Q' Battery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Driver
Rank End Of Career Driver
Place Of Birth Islington, London, England
Place Of Death Cape Town, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Maitland Road No. 4 Cemetery, Voortrekker Road, Maitland, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 21 October 1916
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 26 June 1900
VC Presented 15 December 1900, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
Headstone, Maitland Road No. 4 Cemetery, Voortrekker Road, Maitland, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
By The Way…
He is buried under name of Henry Horrace Glassock with H H Glasock on headstone
Headstone erected 1965
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M