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VC53   William James Lendrim

BORN  1 January 1830

DIED   28 November 1891  AGE   61

VC Won  14 February 1855  AGE 25

Place VC Won  Sebastopol, Crimea

War/Campaign  Crimean War

Name   William James Lendrim  No.   1078

VC Issue No.   53   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Corps of Royal Engineers

Later   

Now   Royal Engineers

Rank VC Won   Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Sergeant-Major

Place Of Birth   Ireland

Place Of Death   Royal Military College, Camberley, Surrey, England

Buried/Location Ashes  Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Cemtery, Camberley, Surrey, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Grave 182

Gazetted   24 February 1857

VC Presented   26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Cemtery, Camberley, Surrey, England

P  Named on 'For Valour' board at Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent

P  Locomotive nameplate at the Museum of Army Transport, Flemingate, Beverley, North Humberside (duplicate at Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent)

P  Lendrim Close, off Westcourt Street, Chatham, Kent

P  Lendrim Lines, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey

By The Way…

Headstone and some records show name as 'Lendrum'

VC Held By

Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent, England

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He was awarded the Victoria Cross for three deeds; repairing a damaged gun battery while under fire, putting out a fire on top of a magazine and destroying a screen the Russians had erected to shield their rifle pits.