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Second Lieutenant Edward Talbot THACKERAY VC |
| Born: | Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England - 19 October 1836 | 
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| Died: | Garessio, Italy - 3 September 1927 | ||
| Burial details: | The English Cemetery, Bordighera, Italy | ||
| Corps service: | He was commissioned into the Bengal Engineers in 1857,
he was the first cousin of the novelist, William Makepeace Thackeray.
He retired from the Army in 1888. In 1898 he went to live in Italy
were he spent the rest of his life. Retired as Colonel Sir Edward Thackeray, VC, KCB. |
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| VC awarded: | Won VC at Delhi on 16 September 1857 (Indian Mutiny - 1857) | ||
| VC unit: | Bengal Engineers | ||
| VC presented: | VC presented by Major General the Hon. Arthur Dalzell at Dover in July 1862. | ||
| VC citation: | For cool intrepidity and characteristic daring in extinguishing
a fire in the Delhi magazine enclosure, on 16 September 1857, under
a close and heavy musketry fire from the enemy, at the imminent risk
of his life from explosion of combustible stores in the shed in which
the fire occurred. (London Gazette: 29 April 1862) |
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| VC location: | South African Military History Museum | ||
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Additional material: SC Fenwick, FoREM Links to further reading:
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Royal Engineers Museum main site
