1831 - 1901 (70 years)
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Name |
Clement Walker-Heneage |
Prefix |
Major |
Suffix |
VC |
Birth |
6 Mar 1831 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
9 Dec 1901 |
Compton House, Compton Bassett, Wiltshire |
Burial |
St Swithin's churchyard, Compton Bassett |
Person ID |
I76307 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
5 Feb 2014 |
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Notes |
- 8th Hussars, Captain (now Brevet-Major) Clement Walker Heneage
Selected for the Victoria Cross by their companions in the gallant charge made by a squadron of the Regiment at Gwalior, on the 17th of June, 1858, when, supported by a division of the Bombay Horse Artillery, and Her Majesty's 95th Regiment, they routed the enemy, who were advancing against Brigadier Smith's position, charged through the rebel camp into two batteries, capturing and bringing into their camp two of the enemy's guns, under a heavy and converging fire from the Fort and Town. (Field Force Orders by Major-General Sir Hugh Henry Rose, G.C.B., Commanding Central India Field Force, dated Camp, Gwalior, 28th June, 1858.)
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