LONDON WEST

Chief Gunner Israel Harding VC - Royal Navy ( HMS 'Alexandra' )

GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : WEST LONDON

Name James,
CHAMPION Frederick,
HITCH LACHHIMAN GURUNG Peter,
LEITCH
Rank Troop Sergeant-Major Private Havildar Colour-Sergeant
Force 8th Hussars,
( The King's Royal Irish ) 2nd Bn, 24th ( Warwickshire ) Regiment
( later South Wales Borderers ) 8th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army Corps of Royal Engineers
VC won Beejapore, Indian Mutiny,
8 September 1858 Rorke's Drift, Natal,
22-23 January 1879 Taungdaw, Burma,
12 - 13 May 1945 Sebastopol, Crimea,
18 June 1855
London Gaz 20 January 1860 2 May 1879 27 July 1945 2 June 1858
Born Hammersmith, W London,
1834 Edmonton, Middlesex,
29 November 1856 Dawakhani Village, Chitwan, Nepal,
30 December 1916 Orwell, Kinross,
1820
Died 4 May 1904,
Hammersmith 6 January 1913,
Ealing, W London 12 December 2010,
Chiswick War Memorial Homes, West London 6 December 1892,
Fulham, SW London
Grave Hammersmith Old Cemetery
( grave not marked ) St Nicholas's Churchyard, Old Chiswick
( headstone repaired in 1998 ) Chiswick New Cemetery, West London Hammersmith Old Cemetery
( grave not marked )
Location
of VC Queen's Royal Hussars Museum, Eastbourne South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon 8th Gurkha Rifles, India Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham
Remarks MSM None None None

Name	James, CHAMPION	Frederick, HITCH	LACHHIMAN GURUNG	Peter, LEITCH
Rank	Troop Sergeant-Major	Private	Havildar	Colour-Sergeant
Force	8th Hussars, ( The King's Royal Irish )	2nd Bn, 24th ( Warwickshire ) Regiment ( later South Wales Borderers )	8th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army	Corps of Royal Engineers
VC won	Beejapore, Indian Mutiny, 8 September 1858	Rorke's Drift, Natal, 22-23 January 1879	Taungdaw, Burma, 12 - 13 May 1945	Sebastopol, Crimea, 18 June 1855
London Gaz	20 January 1860	2 May 1879	27 July 1945	2 June 1858
Born	Hammersmith, W London, 1834	Edmonton, Middlesex, 29 November 1856	Dawakhani Village, Chitwan, Nepal, 30 December 1916	Orwell, Kinross, 1820
Died	4 May 1904, Hammersmith	6 January 1913, Ealing, W London	12 December 2010, Chiswick War Memorial Homes, West London	6 December 1892, Fulham, SW London
Grave	Hammersmith Old Cemetery ( grave not marked )	St Nicholas's Churchyard, Old Chiswick ( headstone repaired in 1998 )	Chiswick New Cemetery, West London	Hammersmith Old Cemetery ( grave not marked )
Location of VC	Queen's Royal Hussars Museum, Eastbourne	South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon	8th Gurkha Rifles, India	Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham
Remarks	MSM	None	None	None

WEST LONDON

Name Lord Henry Hugh Manvers,
PERCY James Reynolds,
ROBERTS

Rank Lieutenant-General Private

Force 3rd Bn, Grenadier Guards 9th ( Queen's Royal ) Lancers

VC won Inkermann, Crimea,
5 November 1854 Bolundshadur, Indian Mutiny,
28 September 1857

London Gaz 5 May 1857 24 December 1858

Born Cobham, Surrey,
22 August 1817 Bow, East London,
1826

Died 3 December 1877,
London 1 August 1859,
Marylebone, Central London

Grave St Nicholas Chapel, Westminster Abbey
( Northumberland vault ) Paddington Old Cemetery
( common ground - grave not marked )

Location
of VC Alnwick Castle, Northumberland 9th / 12th Lancers RHQ, Derby

Remarks KCB None

Name	Lord Henry Hugh Manvers, PERCY	James Reynolds, ROBERTS
Rank	Lieutenant-General	Private
Force	3rd Bn, Grenadier Guards	9th ( Queen's Royal ) Lancers
VC won	Inkermann, Crimea, 5 November 1854	Bolundshadur, Indian Mutiny, 28 September 1857
London Gaz	5 May 1857	24 December 1858
Born	Cobham, Surrey, 22 August 1817	Bow, East London, 1826
Died	3 December 1877, London	1 August 1859, Marylebone, Central London
Grave	St Nicholas Chapel, Westminster Abbey ( Northumberland vault )	Paddington Old Cemetery ( common ground - grave not marked )
Location of VC	Alnwick Castle, Northumberland	9th / 12th Lancers RHQ, Derby
Remarks	KCB	None

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