Edward Robinson VC

Date 24 December 1858
Source The London Gazette of 24 Dec 1858, Num. 22212, p. 5512
Reference IM-0005
Volume Indian Mutiny
Collection Victoria Cross Recipients
Portrait of a naval officer in a sailor's uniform, with a serious expression and short hair, set against a light background.
Edward Robinson; image: public domain.

For conspicuous bravery, in having at Lucknow, on the 13th of March, 1858, under a heavy musketry fire, within fifty yards, jumped on the sand bags of a battery, and extinguished a fire among them. He was dangerously wounded in performing this service. 

Extract from The London Gazette
Name:Edward Robinson VC
Born:17 Jun 1838; Portsea, Hampshire.
Died:2 Oct 1896; Windsor Castle Estate.
Buried:Old Windsor Church Road Cemetery
Unit:HMS Shannon, Naval Brigade, Royal Navy
Date:13 Mar 1858
Place:The Begum Kothi, Lucknow
Rank:Able Seaman
Entry:The London Gazette of 24 Dec 1858, Num. 22212, p. 5512
VC No:244
Presented:4 Jan 1860 by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle.
Displayed:National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
References:[60] [61]
Connection:Gatekeeper Albert Bridge Lodge, Windsor Castle 1893 – 96. Later years lived in Windsor Castle and is buried in Old Windsor Cemetery. New headstone unveiled by Duke of Edinburgh, May 2000.
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