Place Of Death At his home, Dunbarton House, Dunbarton Terrace, Mousehole, Cornwall, England
Buried/Location Ashes Old School Cemetery, Mousehole Lane, Paul Village, Mousehole, Cornwall
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 25 July 1905
Headstone Unmarked Plot/Grave no. Paupers grave, School Ground
Gazetted 24 February 1857
VC Presented 26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England
Memorials
P Plaque at St Pol de Leon Church, Paul Village, Mousehole, Cornwall (26 June 2002)
P Plaque outside his home at Dunbarton House, Dunbarton Terrace, Mousehole, Cornwall (29 July 1988)
P Photograph & plaque at Mousehole British Legion, Cornwall
By The Way…
He suffered from deep depression following paralysis which led him to cut his own throat with a blunt knife, dying the next day.
VC Held By
Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall, England
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