Sergeant Robert Kells VC - 9th ( Queen's Royal ) Lancers

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IN THE COUNTY OF : DEVONSHIRE

Name Sir Redvers Henry,
BULLER		 George Nicholas,
CHANNER		 The Hon Sir Henry Hugh,
CLIFFORD		 Francis Edward Henry,
FARQUHARSON
Rank General General Major-General Major
Force 60th Rifles
( King's Royal Rifle Corps )		 1st Gurkha Rifles 1st Bn Rifle Brigade 42nd Regiment
( Black Watch )
VC won Inhlobana, Zululand,
28 March 1879		 Perak, Malaya,
20 December 1875		 Inkermann, Crimea,
5 November 1854		 Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
9 March 1858
London Gaz 17 June 1879 12 April 1876 24 February 1857 16 June 1859
Born Crediton,
7 December 1839		 Allahabad, India,
7 January 1843		 Irnham Hall, Lincolnshire,
12 September 1826		 Glasgow,
25 March 1837
Died 2 June 1908,
Crediton		 13 December 1905,
Westward Ho!		 12 April 1883,
Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh		 12 September 1875,
Haberton
Grave Holy Cross Churchyard, Crediton East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford St Cyprian's Chapel, Ugbrooke House St Andrew's Churchyard, Harberton
Location
of VC		 Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester Not publicly held Replica on display in Ugbrooke House.
House open to the public.		 Black Watch Museum, Perth
Remarks GCB GCMG CB CB KCMG None

DEVONSHIRE

Name Arthur James Terence,
FLEMING-SANDES		 Sir Gerald,
GRAHAM		 Charles James William,
GRANT		 Andrew,
HENRY
Rank Major Lieutenant-General Brevet Colonel Captain
Force 2nd Bn The East Surrey Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers 8th Gurkha Rifles Royal Regiment of Artillery
VC won Hohenzollern Redoubt, France,
29 September 1915		 Sebastopol, Crimea,
18 June 1855		 Manipur, Burma,
21 March to 9 April 1891		 Inkermann, Crimea,
5 November 1854
London Gaz 18 November 1915 24 February 1857 26 May 1891 24 February 1857
Born Tulse Hill Park, London,
24 June 1894		 Acton, West London,
27 June 1831		 Bourtie, Aberdeenshire,
14 October 1861		 Woolwich, SE London,
1 November 1823
Died 24 May 1961, ( visting Romsey, Hants )
Home: Teignmouth		 17 December 1899,
Bideford		 23 November 1932,
Sidmouth		 14 October 1870,
Plymouth
Grave Torquay Crematorium East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford Sidmouth Cemetery Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth
Location
of VC		 Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Guildford Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham National Army Museum, London Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich
Remarks None GCB GCMG None None

DEVONSHIRE

Name George,
HINCKLEY		 George,
HOLLIS		 Charles Edward,
HUDSON		 James,
HUTCHINSON
Rank Quartermaster Farrier Major-General Corporal
Force Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade ) 8th Hussars
( King's Royal Irish )		 Comd. 11th Bn The Sherwood Foresters 2/5th Bn The Lancashire Fusiliers
VC won Fung Wha, China,
9 October 1862		 Gwalior, Indian Mutiny,
17 June 1858 *		 Asiago, Italy,
15 June 1918		 Ficheux, France,
28 June 1916
London Gaz 6 February 1863 26 January 1859 11 July 1918 9 September 1916
Born Liverpool,
22 June 1819		 Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire,
October 1833		 Derby,
29 May 1892		 Bank Top, Lancashire,
9 July 1895
Died 31 December 1904,
Plymouth		 16 May 1879,
Exeter		 4 April 1959,
St Mary's, Scilly Isles		 21 January 1972,
Torquay
Grave Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth Exwick Cemetery, Exeter St Mary's Churchyard, Denbury Torquay Crematorium
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Not publicly held Sherwood Foresters Museum, Nottingham Not publicly held
Remarks None * Elected by the regiment CB DSO & Bar MC None

DEVONSHIRE

Name Alan ,
JERRARD		 James Bulmer,
JOHNSON		 Edgar Kinghorn,
MYLES		 William,
OXENHAM
Rank Flight-Lieutenant Second-Lieutenant Captain Corporal
Force 66 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps 2nd Bn The Northumberland Fusiliers 8th Bn The Welch Regiment
att'd 9th Bn The Worcestershire Regiment		 32nd Regiment
( Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry )
VC won Mansue, Italy,
30 March 1918		 Wez Macquart, France,
14 October 1918		 Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia,
9 April 1916		 Defence of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
30 June 1857
London Gaz 1 May 1918 26 December 1918 26 September 1916 21 November 1859
Born Lewisham, SE London,
3 December 1897		 Widdrington, Northumberland,
31 December 1889		 Wanstead, Essex,
29 July 1894		 Tiverton,
July 1823
Died 14 May 1968,
Lyme Regis, Dorset		 23 March 1943,
Plymouth		 31 January 1977,
Bishopsteignton		 29 December 1875,
Exeter
Grave Devon & Exeter Crematorium
Hillingdon Cemetery, Middlesex		 Efford Crematorium, Plymouth Torquay Crematorium Higher Cemetery, Exeter
( headstone erected 1996 )
Location
of VC		 Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Museum, Alnwick Castle Worcestershire Regiment Museum, Worcester Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, Bodmin
Remarks None None None None

DEVONSHIRE

Name Henry Singleton,
PENNELL		 Peter Scawen Watkinson,
ROBERTS		 Thomas Henry,
SAGE		 Gordon Charles,
STEELE
Rank Captain Lieutenant Private Commander
Force 2nd Bn The Derbyshire Regiment Royal Navy * 8th Bn The Somerset Light Infantry
( Prince Albert's )		 Royal Navy *
VC won Tirah Campaign, India,
20 October 1897		 Sea of Crete,
16 February 1942		 Tower Hamlets Spur, Belgium,
4 October 1917		 Kronstadt, Russia,
18 August 1919
London Gaz 20 May 1898 9 June 1942 18 December 1917 11 November 1919
Born Dawlish,
18 June 1874		 Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire,
28 July 1917		 Tiverton,
8 December 1882		 Exeter,
1 November 1892
Died 19 January 1907,
St Moritz, Switzerland		 8 December 1979,
Newton Ferrers		 20 July 1945,
Tiverton		 4 January 1981,
Winkleigh
Grave St Gregory's Churchyard, Dawlish Holy Cross Churchyard, Newton Ferrers
( Efford Crematorium, Plymouth )		 Tiverton Cemetery All Saint's New Cemetery, Winkleigh
Location
of VC		 Sherwood Foresters Museum, Nottingham Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Not publicly held Trinity House, Tower Hill, London
Remarks Killed in a toboggan accident * HM Submarine Thrasher None * Coastal MB 88

DEVONSHIRE

Name William Harry Thomas,
SYLVESTER		 Alfred Maurice,
TOYE

Rank Surgeon Major Brigadier

Force 23rd Regiment
( Welch Regiment )		 2nd Bn The Middlesex Regiment

VC won Sebastopol, Crimea,
8 September 1855		 Eterpigny Ridge, France,
25 March 1918

London Gaz 20 November 1857 8 May 1918

Born Devizes, Wiltshire,
16 April 1831		 Aldershot, Hampshire,
15 April 1897

Died 13 March 1920,
Paignton		 6 September 1955,
Tiverton

Grave Paignton Cemetery Tiverton Cemetery

Location
of VC		 Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett National Army Museum, London

Remarks Worked with Florence Nightingale MC

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