Henry Engleheart VC

Date 17 July 2025
Type Blue Plaque
Subject Person
Plaque RBWM
Location Fairlight, 24 Lawn Close, Datchet, SL3 9JZ — View on Google Maps
Status Current
Reference PQ-0022
Volume Blue Plaques
Collection Plaques

Summary

On 15 Dec 1900, Engleheart was awarded the Victoria Cross for an act of extreme bravery carried out under direct enemy fire during the Second Boer War.
On 15 Dec 1900, Engleheart was awarded the Victoria Cross for an act of extreme bravery carried out under direct enemy fire during the Second Boer War. Image: Datchet Village Society
Name:Henry William Engleheart VC
Born:14 Nov 1863
Place:County Gaol, Maidstone
Died:9 Aug 1939
Profession:Soldier and Lodge Keeper
Educated:Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Barnet
Famous for:Datchet resident. The first Datchet blue plaque was erected in his name. He was the lodge keeper at the South-Western Lodge, Windsor Castle, 1908 – 1933. He was appointed vice-chairman of the Windsor Ex-Service Men’s Club and elected chairman in 1937. He also officiated at the annual show of the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Canine Association in the Home Park.
Windlesora:Victoria Cross Recipients

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Curator's Notes

See the Windsor and Eton Express of 10 Nov 2024, the Datchet Parish Council Facebook Group and the Datchet Village Society website.

  • Honouring ‘act of extreme bravery’

    15 November 2024

    Datchet will unveil its first blue plaque for Sergeant Henry William Engleheart, a Victoria Cross recipient, on November 23.

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Curator's References

Commemorative plaques on the RBWM website.

Datchet’s First Blue Plaque in the Spring 2025 (Iss 85) of the Datchet Village Society Newsletter.

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