W J Lendrim VC

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  • RMA Sandhurst The Cemetery - Record Plan of Graves

    • Rank

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    • Prefix

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    • Forename

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    • Middle initials

      W J

    • Surname

      Lendrim

    • Year of death

      1891

    • Year of burial

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    • Age at death

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    • Plot number

      182

    • Notes

      William James Lendrim (January 1830–November 1891) was 25 yrs old, and a Cpl in the RE during the Crimean War when he awarde the VC - "In Feb 1855 during the Siege of Sevastopol he got on top of a magazine under fire, and extinguished burning sandbags, making good the breach. Later he was one of 4 vols who destroyed the screen that the Russians had erected to conceal their advance rifle-pits"

    • Type

      Cemetery Record