Sergeant Charles Garforth VC - 15th The King's Hussars




15th King's Hussars
19th ( Queen Alexandra's Own Royal ) Hussars



The newly designated Light Dragoons Museum based in the Discovery Museum in Newcastle-upon-Tyne incorporates the collections of the 15th / 19th King's Royal Hussars and the 13th / 18th Royal Hussars, previously based in Barnsley.

The following Victoria Cross is held by the Light Dragoons Museum
Rank First Name Last Name 15th / 19th King's Royal Hussars Museum
Egypt ( 1882 - 1889 )
Lieutenant Colonel William Thomas MARSHALL 19th ( Queen Alexandra's Own Royal ) Hussars


Location of other 15th / 19th Hussars VCs
Rank First Name Last Name Location
First World War ( 1914 - 1918 )
Sergeant Charles Ernest GARFORTH 15th The King's Hussars
Imperial War Museum, Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Private Herbert George COLUMBINE 19th Hussars ( att'd Machine Gun Corps )
Royal British Legion, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

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10 August 2003