Clement Walker Heneage

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Clement Walker Heneage (6 March 1831- 9 December 1901) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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He was 27 years old, and a Captain in the 8th Hussars (The King's Royal Irish), British Army during the Indian rebellion of 1857-1858 when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 17 June 1858 at Gwalior, India, Captain Heneage - together with a sergeant (Joseph Ward), a farrier (George Hollis) and a private (John Pearson) - was in a gallant charge made by a squadron of the 8th Hussars when, supported by a division of the Bombay Horse Artillery and the 95th Regiment, they routed the enemy. Charging through a rebel camp into two batteries, they captured and brought into their own camp two of the enemy's guns, under a heavy and converging fire from the fort and town.

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Rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava.

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• Location of grave and VC medal (Wiltshire)