LONDON EAST

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IN : EAST LONDON

Name John,
BUCKLEY John Travers,
CORNWELL George Leslie,
DREWRY Patrick,
MULLANE

Rank Dep Asst Commissary of Ordnance Boy, First Class Lieutenant Sergeant-Major

Force Commissariat Department
Bengal Establishment Royal Navy * Royal Naval Reserve * Royal Horse Artillery

VC won Delhi Magazine, Indian Mutiny,
11 May 1857 Battle of Jutland, North Sea,
31 May 1916 V-Beach, Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli,
25 April 1915 Maiwand, Afghan War,
27 July 1880

London Gaz 18 June 1858 15 September 1916 16 August 1915 16 May 1881

Born Stalybridge, Cheshire,
24 May 1813 Leyton,
8 January 1900 Forest Gate,
3 November 1894 Ahmednugger, Deccan, India,
October 1858

Died 14 July 1876,
Poplar, East London 2 June 1916,
Grimsby District Hospital, Lincolnshire 3 August 1918,
Scapa Flow, Orkneys 20 November 1919,
Plaistow, East London

Grave Tower Hamlets Cemetery
( Common ground - grave not marked ) 1) Grimsby Cemetery ( common grave )
2) Manor Park Cemetery ( 29 July 1916 ) City of London Cemetery, Manor Park St Patrick's Cemetery, Leytonstone
( common plot - grave not marked )

Location
of VC Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Camberley Imperial War Museum, London Imperial War Museum, London Not publicly held

Remarks None * HMS Chester * Gallipoli landings from SS River Clyde None

Name	John, BUCKLEY	John Travers, CORNWELL	George Leslie, DREWRY	Patrick, MULLANE
Rank	Dep Asst Commissary of Ordnance	Boy, First Class	Lieutenant	Sergeant-Major
Force	Commissariat Department Bengal Establishment	Royal Navy *	Royal Naval Reserve *	Royal Horse Artillery
VC won	Delhi Magazine, Indian Mutiny, 11 May 1857	Battle of Jutland, North Sea, 31 May 1916	V-Beach, Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915	Maiwand, Afghan War, 27 July 1880
London Gaz	18 June 1858	15 September 1916	16 August 1915	16 May 1881
Born	Stalybridge, Cheshire, 24 May 1813	Leyton, 8 January 1900	Forest Gate, 3 November 1894	Ahmednugger, Deccan, India, October 1858
Died	14 July 1876, Poplar, East London	2 June 1916, Grimsby District Hospital, Lincolnshire	3 August 1918, Scapa Flow, Orkneys	20 November 1919, Plaistow, East London
Grave	Tower Hamlets Cemetery ( Common ground - grave not marked )	1) Grimsby Cemetery ( common grave ) 2) Manor Park Cemetery ( 29 July 1916 )	City of London Cemetery, Manor Park	St Patrick's Cemetery, Leytonstone ( common plot - grave not marked )
Location of VC	Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Camberley	Imperial War Museum, London	Imperial War Museum, London	Not publicly held
Remarks	None	* HMS Chester	* Gallipoli landings from SS River Clyde	None

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Name William,
NASH John Joseph,
SIMS

Rank Sergeant Private

Force 2nd Bn The Rifle Brigade
( Prince Consort's Own ) 34th Regiment
( Border Regiment )

VC won Iron Bridge, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
11 March 1858 Sebastopol, Crimea,
18 June 1855

London Gaz 24 Decemfber 1858 24 February 1857

Born Newcastle, Co Limerick, Ireland,
23 April 1824 Bloomsbury, Central London,
1835

Died 6 April 1875,
Homerton, East London 6 December 1881,
Union Workhouse, City of London

Grave St John's Churchyard, Hackney
( no headstone ) City of London Cemetery, Manor Park
( memorial plaque erected April 2003 )

Location
of VC Not publicly held Not publicly held

Remarks None None

Name	William, NASH	John Joseph, SIMS
Rank	Sergeant	Private
Force	2nd Bn The Rifle Brigade ( Prince Consort's Own )	34th Regiment ( Border Regiment )
VC won	Iron Bridge, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny, 11 March 1858	Sebastopol, Crimea, 18 June 1855
London Gaz	24 Decemfber 1858	24 February 1857
Born	Newcastle, Co Limerick, Ireland, 23 April 1824	Bloomsbury, Central London, 1835
Died	6 April 1875, Homerton, East London	6 December 1881, Union Workhouse, City of London
Grave	St John's Churchyard, Hackney ( no headstone )	City of London Cemetery, Manor Park ( memorial plaque erected April 2003 )
Location of VC	Not publicly held	Not publicly held
Remarks	None	None

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