Colonel Thomas Edwards, VC^[1]

1863 -

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• Name	Thomas Edwards
  Prefix	Colonel
  Suffix	VC
  Birth	19 Apr 1863	Brill,,Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire,England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I2584	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2022 | Edit

  
  

  Family	Ellen Deane Rose-Innes,   b. 1860, South Africa d. 25 May 1943, Kenilworth,Cape Town,Cape Province,South Africa (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Family ID	F972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2022 | Edit

  
  

• Notes

  Mandi Rebellion Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Brill, England, he served as a Private in 1st Battalion, Royal Highlanders, Black Watch, British Army. At Tamaai, Sudan, on March 13, 1884, Private Edwards was attached to the Naval Brigade as a Mule Driver. When both members of a gun crew had been killed, Private Edwards, after bayoneting two Arabs and himself receiving a wound from a spear, remained with the gun, defending it throughout the action. For conspicuous gallantry, he was awarded the Victoria Cross on May 21, 1884. He died at age 91 in Woodford Bridge, London.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1139] Find a Grave, (findagrave.com), ID 237256521 Ellen Deane Hartley Rose -Innes (Reliability: 3). [S1139] Find a Grave, (findagrave.com), ID 9021266 Thomas Edwards (Reliability: 3).