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| Name | Alfred, ATKINSON |
Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp, COULSON |
Francis Newton, PARSONS |
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| Rank | Sergeant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | |
| Force | 1st Bn, Yorkshire Regiment ( Green Howards ) | 1st Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers | 1st Bn, Essex Regiment | |
| VC won | Battle of Paardeberg, 2nd Boer War, 18 February 1900 |
Lambrechfontein, 2nd Boer War, 18 May 1901 |
Battle of Paardeberg, 2nd Boer War, 18 February 1900 |
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| London Gaz | 8 August 1902 | 8 August 1902 | 20 November 1900 | |
| Born | Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 6 February 1874 |
Wimbledon, Surrey, England, 1 April 1879 |
Dover, Kent, England, 23 March 1875 |
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| Died | 21 February 1900, near Paardeberg |
18 May 1901, Lambrechtfontein Farm |
11 March 1900, Driefontein |
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| Grave | Location unknown in Gruisbank British Cemetery ( Yorkshire Regiment Memorial ) |
Lambrechtfontein Cemetery ( headstone erected May 2003 ) |
Driefontein Cemetery * | |
| Location of VC |
Green Howards Museum, Richmond, Yorkshire, |
King's Own Scottish Borderers Museum, Berwick-on-Tweed | Essex Regiment Museum, Chelmsford | Remarks | None | DSO | * Isolated grave on Battle of Paardeberg site |
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