Wilbraham Oates Lennox (VC, KCB) 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.
On 20 November1854 at Sebastopol, 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.
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Later Sir Wilbraham. He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant General. Grave/memorial at Lewes Road Cemetery, Brighton, Sussex, England. Plot FF. Grave 47/48/49. Family Plot. Headstone.
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His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum (Chatham, England).
Great Wilbraham is a small village situated in a rural area some seven miles to the east of Cambridge, between the edge of an area of low lying drained fens to the west and north, and higher ground beyond the A11 to the east.
Wilbraham was first settled in 1730 and was officially incorporated in 1763.
WilbrahamOatesLennox (VC, KCB) 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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