
GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN THE COUNTY OF :
WILTSHIRE
| Name | Thomas, ARTHUR (real name MCARTHUR) |
Andrew Frederick Weatherby, BEAUCHAMP-PROCTOR |
William, GOSLING |
Clement Walker, HENEAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Gunner & Driver | A/Captain | Major | Captain |
| Force | Royal Regiment of Artillery | 84 Squadron Royal Air Force | 3rd Wessex Brigade Royal Field Artillery |
8th Hussars ( King's Royal Irish ) |
| VC won | Sebastopol, Crimea, 7 June 1855 |
Over France, 8 August - 8 October 1918 |
Arras, France, 5 Arpil 1917 |
Gwalior, Indian Mutiny, 17 June 1858 * |
| London Gaz | 24 February 1857 | 30 November 1918 | 14 June 1917 | 26 January 1859 |
| Born | Abbotsham, Devon, 1835 |
Mossel Bay, Cape Province, South Africa, 4 September 1894 |
Wanborough, 15 August 1892 |
Compton Bassett, 6 March 1831 |
| Died | 2 March 1902, Savernake |
21 June 1921, RAF display, Upavon |
12 February 1945, Wroughton |
9 December 1901, Compton Bassett |
| Grave | Cadley Churchyard ( Church now a private residence ) |
Upavon Cemetery ( August 1921, re-interred Mafeking Cemetery, South Africa ) |
St John & St Helen's Churchyard Cemetery Extension, Wroughton | St Swithun's Church, Compton Bassett ( vault beneath the aisle ) |
| Location of VC |
Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich | Not publicly held | Not publicly held | Not publicly held |
| Remarks | None | DSO MC & Bar DFC | None | * Elected by the regiment |
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TABLE-2 : WILTSHIRE
Name
George,
STRONGRank
Private
Force
Coldstream Guards
VC won
Sebastopol, Crimea,
September 1855London Gaz
24 February 1857
Born
Odcombe, Somerset,
7 April 1833Died
25 August 1888,
Sherston MagnaGrave
Church of the Holy Cross, Sherston
( new headstone erected 1986 )Location
of VCColdstream Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London
Remarks
None
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