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Allegiance
  
Parents
  
Lord John Lennox

Service/branch
  
Name
  
Wilbraham Lennox

Awards
  
Role
  
Armed force officer


Wilbraham Lennox

Buried at
  
Woodvale Cemetery, Brighton

Battles/wars
  
Crimean WarIndian Mutiny1882 Anglo-Egyptian War

Relations
  
Died
  
February 7, 1897, Chester Square, London, United Kingdom

Battles and wars
  
Crimean War, Indian Rebellion of 1857, Anglo-Egyptian War

Similar People
  
James Lennox Dawson, Reg Varney, Thomas Frank Durrant, James Dundas, Charles Warren

Place of burial
  
Brighton, United Kingdom

Lieutenant-General Sir Wilbraham Oates Lennox VC KCB (4 August 1830 – 7 February 1897) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Lennox was 24 years old, and a lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 20 November 1854 at Sevastopol, in the Crimea, Lieutenant Lennox, with a working party of 100 men entrenched themselves in rifle-pits which had just been captured from the enemy. Despite extreme exposure to attack, they successfully repulsed all attempts to dislodge them during the night.

Grave

Lt Gen Lennox is buried in a family plot in Lewes Road (Woodvale) Cemetery, Brighton, Sussex. The Victoria Cross Trust recently launched a campaign, hoping to raise £25,000 to restore his neglected grave.

A spokesman for the Trust said: "The situation today is heartbreaking to see, a man of such historical and national importance totally forgotten by a nation. We believe it is only right to restore the Lennox family plot and allow future generations to pay respect and reverence to a hero of our great nation."

Medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, Kent.

References

Wilbraham Lennox Wikipedia


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