1905

Matthew Charles Dixon, VC

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Crimea

War served, Other war i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, a war, not WW1 or WW2.

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Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery at Sebastopol on 17th April 1855.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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