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Essex Regiment Museum ( 44th ( East Essex ) Regiment ) & ( 56th Foot )
Chelmsford Museum |
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| The following Victoria Crosses are held by the Essex Regiment Museum | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Essex Regiment Museum |
| Crimean War ( 1854 - 1856 ) | |||
| Sergeant | William | MCWHEENEY | 44th Regiment ( Essex Regiment ) |
| 2nd China War ( 1857 - 1860 ) | |||
| Private | John | MCDOUGALL | Ribbon & suspension bar only. ( VC stolen from a house in Scotland in 1960 ) |
| 2nd Boer War ( 1899 - 1902 ) | |||
| Lieutenant | Francis Newton | PARSONS | 1st Bn, Essex Regiment |
| The following Victoria Cross is on loan to the Essex Regiment Museum from the Royal British Legion, Walton on the Naze, Essex | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Essex Regiment Museum |
| First World War ( 1914 - 1918 ) | |||
| Private | Herbert | COLUMBINE | 9th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps |
| Location of other Essex Regiment VCs | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Location |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Augustus Charles | NEWMAN | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Major General | Robert Montresor | ROGERS | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Frank Bernard | WEARNE | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
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