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BORN 28 December 1877
DIED 20 February 1967 AGE 89
VC Won 6 July 1904 AGE 26
Place VC Won Gyantse Jong
War/Campaign Tibet
Name John Duncan Grant No.
VC Issue No. 522 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, 8th Gurkha Rifles
Later
Now 8th Gorkha Rifles, Indian Army
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Roorkee, United Provinces, India
Place Of Death Fraserly Nursing Home, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Buried/Location Ashes Kent & Sussex Crematorium, Benhall Mill Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Cremated Kent & Sussex Crematorium, Benhall Mill Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Date Buried/Cremated 24 February 1967
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Garden of Remembrance Lawn, location 16-32-79
Gazetted 24 January 1905
VC Presented 24 July 1905, King Edward VII
Memorials
P Plaque & tree planted to his memory, Tunbridge Wells Crematorium, Kent
P Named on Roll of Honour, Big Classical, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
P Named at Victoria Cross Grove, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
P Portrait in Main Entrance, 1st Floor, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
Display & named in memorial book 'For Valour', Cheltenham College Library, Gloucestershire
By The Way…
He retired in 1929 and was made ceremonial colonel of the 10th Gurkha Rifles in 1934
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
