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The Headstone
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HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
Hugh Stewart Cochrane VC
Gravestone Inscription
TO THE
BELOVED MEMORY OF
COLONEL HUGH STEWART
COCHRANE VC
FORMERLY IN THE 86th REGT
THE 7th ROYAL FUSILIERS
AND THE 43rd LIGHT INFANTRY
HE DIED THE 18th OF APRIL 1884
AGED 55 YEARS
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HE WAS A TRUE HIGHLANDER, A BRAVE
SOLDIER AND THE BEST OF HUSBANDS AND SONS
_________________
THE GULF OF DEATH HOW DARK WITH FEARS
IS BRIDGED BY HOPE AND LOVE
THE MEMORIES WE HAVE SOWN IN TEAR
S BLOOM FAIR IN THE LIGHT ABOVE
BELOVED MEMORY OF
COLONEL HUGH STEWART
COCHRANE VC
FORMERLY IN THE 86th REGT
THE 7th ROYAL FUSILIERS
AND THE 43rd LIGHT INFANTRY
HE DIED THE 18th OF APRIL 1884
AGED 55 YEARS
________________
HE WAS A TRUE HIGHLANDER, A BRAVE
SOLDIER AND THE BEST OF HUSBANDS AND SONS
_________________
THE GULF OF DEATH HOW DARK WITH FEARS
IS BRIDGED BY HOPE AND LOVE
THE MEMORIES WE HAVE SOWN IN TEAR
S BLOOM FAIR IN THE LIGHT ABOVE
Details of Award
For conspicuous gallantry near Jhansi, on the 1st April, 1858, when No.1 Company of the regiment was ordered to take a gun, in dashing forward at a gallop, under heavy musketry and artillery fire, driving the enemy from the gun, and keeping possession of it until the Company came up. Also for conspicuous gallantry in attacking the rear-guard of the enemy, when he had three horses shot under him in succession.
(Despatch from Major-General Sir Hugh Henry Rose, GCB, dated the 23rd April, 1858)
Life in Southsea
Cochrane was living in Villiers Road, Southsea at the time he died.