Major Hugh Colvin VC - 9th Bn, 22nd ( Cheshire ) Regiment


GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : CO ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND

Name Hugh,
COLVIN
Robert,
QUIGG
Sir George Stuart,
WHITE

Rank Major Sergeant Field Marshal
Force 9th Bn, Cheshire Regiment 12th Bn, Royal Irish Rifles 92nd Regiment,
( Gordon Highlanders )

VC won Hessian Wood, Ypres, Belgium,
20 September 1917
Hamel, Somme, France,
1 July 1916
Charasiah, Afghan War,
6 October 1879
1 September 1880

London Gaz 8 November 1917 9 September 1916 2 June 1881
Born Burnley, Lancashire,
1 February 1887
Ardihennon, Giant's Causeway, Co Antrim,
12 March 1885
Port Stewart, Co Antrim,
6 July 1835

Died 16 September 1962,
Bangor, Co Down
14 May 1955,
Ballycastle, Co Antrim
24 June 1912,
Royal Hospital Chelsea, London

Grave Carnmoney ( Main ) Cemetery, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim Billy Protestant Churchyard, Co Antrim Broughshane Presbyterian Churchyard, Co Antrim
Location
of VC
Cheshire Regiment Museum, Chester Royal Ulster Rifles Museum, Belfast Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen
Remarks None None GCB OM GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO

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