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VC469 Edmund John Phipps-Hornby
BORN 31 December 1857
DIED 13 December 1947 AGE 89
VC Won 31 March 1900 AGE 42
Place VC Won Korn Spruit, Sanna’s Post
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Edmund John Phipps-Hornby No. Elected By Regiment
VC Issue No. 469 Awards VC CB CMG
Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, 'Q' Battery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Major
Rank End Of Career Brigadier-General
Place Of Birth Lordington, Emsworth, Hampshire, England
Place Of Death Sonning, Berkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Andrew's Churchyard, Thames Street, Sonning, Berkshire
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 26 June 1900
VC Presented 25 October 1900 by the Commander in Chief, South Africa, Lord Roberts VC at Pretoria, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, St Andrew's Churchyard, Thames Street, Sonning, Berkshire
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
Name on foundation stone, St Peters Church, Bushy Heath, Hertfordshire
P Named on Memorial Board, Old College, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey
By The Way…
He was elected to be awarded the Victoria Cross by the other officers of the regiment, under rule 13 of the Victoria Cross warrant
VC Held By
Royal Artillery Regiment Museum, Old Royal Military Academy, Red Lion Lane, Woolwich, London, England
