Major General Sir Henry Tombs VC KCB - Bengal Horse Artillery

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Name Henry George Gore,
BROWNE		 Sir Samuel James,
BROWNE		 William Thomas,
RICKARD		 Sir Henry,
TOMBS
Rank Colonel General Chief Officer, Coast Guards Major General
Force 32nd Regiment
( Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry )		 2nd Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force Royal Navy Bengal Horse Artillery
VC won Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
21 August 1857		 Seeporah, Indian Mutiny,
31 August 1858		 Putrid Sea, Crimea,
11 October 1855		 Siege of Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
9 July 1857
London Gaz 20 June 1862 1 March 1861 24 February 1857 24 April 1858
Born Newtown, Co Roscommon, Ireland,
30 September 1830		 India,
3 October 1824		 Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon,
10 February 1828		 Calcutta, India,
10 November 1825
Died 15 November 1912,
Shanklin		 14 March 1901,
Ryde		 21 February 1905,
Ryde		 2 August 1874,
Newport
Grave St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Brook Town Cemetery, Ryde
( Woking Crematorium )		 Town Cemetery, Ryde
( image courtesy Victoria Cross Trust )		 Carisbrooke Cemetery
Location
of VC		 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, Bodmin National Army Museum, London Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Sold at auction
Remarks None GCB, KCSI CGM KCB

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