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Lieutenant Howard Crawfurd ELPHINSTONE VC |
| Born: | Cumenhoff, near Riga, Russia - 12 December 1829 | 
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| Died: | At sea near Tenerife - 8 March 1890 | ||
| Burial details: | Lost at sea | ||
| Corps service: | Commissioned into the Corps in December 1847. In 1858
he was appointed tutor to Queen Victoria's third son, HRH Prince Arthur
(Duke of Connaught). In 1877 he acted as ADC to the Queen before a
posting as Military Attaché at Berlin in 1884-5. He was lost
at sea whilst holidaying in Tenerife, he was never seen again. Eventually Major General Sir Howard Elphinstone VC, KCB, CMG (1887). |
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| VC awarded: | Won VC at Sebastopol, Crimea, on 18 June 1855. (Crimean War 1854-56) | ||
| VC unit: | Royal Engineers attached | ||
| VC presented: | VC presented by Queen Victoria at Southsea Common, Hampshire, on 2 August 1858 | ||
| VC citation: | For fearless conduct, in having, on the night after
the unsuccessful attack on the Redan, volunteered to command a party
of volunteers, who proceeded to search for and bring back scaling
ladders left behind after the repulse; and while successfully performing
this task of rescuing trophies from the Russians, conducted a persevering
search close to the enemy, for wounded men, twenty of whom he rescued
and brought back to the Trenches. (London Gazette: 2 June 1858) |
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| VC location: | Privately held | ||
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