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[DIGBY-JONES VC, RJT, Lt]
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Number		 11349
Surname DIGBY-JONES VC  (1) Initals RJT Views 710
Date Unknown Date of Birth Unknown Corps ARMY
Year 1900 (29682) Place South Africa
Full Names Military
Number		 Death Age 0
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War ABW2 S.A. War (Anglo Boer War)
Unit Reg38 (396)
Royal Engineers
Rank
1st Lieutenant
Rank Lt (923)
Description 1st Lieutenant
Address LT, Lieutenant
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Victoria Cross
VC
Victoria Cross
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WHAT A TOTAL WASTE OF A GORGEOUS HUNK TAKEN AT 23 YEARS OF AGE FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, AWARDED V.C POSTHUMOUSLY, I WONDER WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL FOR HIM I HOPE HE DIDN'T SUFFER TOO BADLY
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JANETTE SCOTT RYANSCOTT@BTCLICK.COM 2002-12-04 03:08:37 Gravatar Image
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robert was posthumously awarded the victoria cross for his courage on 6th january 1900 when at the siege of ladysmith the british were taken by surprise at waggon hill, just as the three foremost boers reached the summit of the hill, which would almost certainly have meant that ladysmith would have fallen, robert and another man, trooper albrecht of the imperial light horse, shot them and retook the hill. sadly just afterwards, as robert was helping soldiers into their firing positions, he was shot in the throat and died.
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