Major General Sir Christopher Teesdale VC, KCMG, CB, KH - Royal Regiment of Artillery


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WEST SUSSEX

Name William Barnsley,
ALLEN
Henry Robert Bowreman,
FOOTE
Lord Edric Frederick,
GIFFORD
Reginald Leonard,
HAINE
Rank Major Major General Major Lieutenant Colonel
Force Royal Army Medical Corps
att'd 246th Bde, Royal Field Artillery
Comd 7th Royal Tank Regiment 24th Regiment
( South Wales Borderers )
1st Bn, Honourable Artillery Company
VC won Mesnil, Somme, France,
3 September 1916
Battle of Knightsbridge, Libya,
27 May to 15 June 1942
Ashantee War, West Africa,
1873-1874
Gavrelle, France,
28-29 April 1917
London Gaz 26 October 1916 18 May 1944 26 March 1874 12 June 1917
Born Sheffield,
8 June 1882
Ishapur, Bengal, India,
5 December 1904
Cirencester, Wiltshire,
5 July 1849
Wandsworth, SW London,
10 July 1896
Died 27 August 1933,
Bracklesham
22 November 1993,
Pulborough
5 June 1911,
Chichester
12 June 1982,
Lambeth, South London
Grave Earnley Churchyard, Bracklesham Bay St Mary's Churchyard, West Chiltington
( image courtesy Steve Davis )
Fairfield Road Cemetery, Bosham Chichester Crematorium
Location
of VC
Museum of Military Medicine, Mytchett Royal Tank Regiment Museum, Bovington Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Remarks DSO MC & Bar CB DSO Later 3rd Baron Gifford MC

WEST SUSSEX

Name Norman Douglas,
HOLBROOK
Richard Harte,
KEATINGE
Roderick Alastair Brook,
LEAROYD
Patrick Anthony,
PORTEOUS
Rank Commander Lieutenant General Wing Commander Colonel
Force Royal Navy
( HM Submarine B.11 )
Bombay Artillery ( Civil, Political Department ) 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force Royal Artillery & No. 4 Commando
VC won Dardanelles, Turkey,
13 December 1914
Chundairee, Indian Mutiny,
17 March 1858
North of Munster, Germany,
12 August 1940
Dieppe, France,
19 Aaugust 1942
London Gaz 22 December 1914 25 February 1862 20 August 1940 2 October 1942
Born Southsea, Hampshire,
9 July 1888
Dublin,
17 June 1825
Folkestone, Kent,
5 February 1913
Abbotabad, NW Frontier, India,
1 January 1918
Died 3 July 1976,
Stedham Mill
24 May 1904,
Horsham
24 January 1996,
Rustington
10 October 2000,
Funtington
Grave St James Old Churchyard, Stedham
( image courtesy Graham Parsons )
Horsham ( Hills ) Cemetery
( image courtesy Steve Davies )
Worthing Crematorium St Mary's Churchyard, Funtington
Location
of VC
Australian War Memorial, Canberra Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Not publicly held
Remarks None CSI None None

WEST SUSSEX

Name Christopher Charles,
TEESDALE
George,
WALLER
Geoffrey Harold,
WOOLLEY

Rank Major General Colour Sergeant Captain
Force Royal Regiment of Artillery 1st Bn, 60th Rifles
( King's Royal Rifle Corps )
9th ( County of London ) Bn
The London Regiment

VC won Kars, Crimea,
29 September 1855
Kabul Gate, Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
14 September 1857 *
Zwarteleen, Belgium,
20-21 April 1915

London Gaz 25 September 1857 20 January 1860 22 May 1915
Born Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa,
1 June 1833
West Horsley, Surrey,
12 December 1827
Bethnal Green, E London,
14 May 1892

Died 1 November 1893,
South Berstead
10 January 1877,
Hurstpierpoint
10 December 1968,
West Chiltington

Grave St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, South Berstead Holy Trinity Churchyard, Hurstpierpoint
( headstone erected December 2014 )
St Mary's Churchyard, West Chiltington
( image courtesy Steve Davis )

Location
of VC
Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester ( loan )
Remarks KCMG, CB, KH * Elected by the regiment OBE, MC

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