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VC82   John Perie

BORN   1831

DIED   17 September 1874  AGE   53

VC Won  18 June 1855  AGE 24

Place VC Won  Sebastopol, Crimea

War/Campaign  Crimean War

Name   John Perie  No. 854  

VC Issue No.   82   Awards   VC    

Regiment   Corps of Royal Engineers

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Sapper

Rank End Of Career   Sapper

Place Of Birth   Huntly, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Place Of Death   At his home, 69 East North Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Buried/Location Ashes  St Peter's Cemetery, King Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   19 September 1874

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Strangers Ground, Section 1, Grave 43 (near gates)

Gazetted   24 February 1857

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

Memorials

P  Headstone, St Peter's Cemetery, King Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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)

Perie Row, off Middle Street, Chatham, Kent

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

By The Way…

Headstone unveiled 17 June 2001 not on burial plot

Shown as Pirrie in burial register

VC Held By

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

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