Major General Robert Rogers VC CB - 44th Regiment ( Essex Regiment )





Essex Regiment Museum
( 44th ( East Essex ) Regiment )
& ( 56th Foot )

Chelmsford Museum
Oaklands Park
Moulsham Street
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 9AQ



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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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19 July 2013