Edward Thackeray

Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray
Born 19 October 1836
Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Died 3 September 1927 (aged 90)
Garessio, Italy
Buried at The English Cemetery, Bordighera
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Bengal Army
British Army
Rank Colonel
Battles/wars Indian Mutiny
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Awards Victoria Cross
Order of the Bath
Relations William Makepeace Thackeray (1st cousin)

Colonel Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray VC, KCB (19 October 1836 – 3 September 1927) 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.

The son of Rev Francis Thackeray and Mary Anne Shakespeare, he was the first cousin of the novelist, William Makepeace Thackeray. He was educated at Marlborough College and Addiscombe Military Seminary.[1]

Thackeray was 20 years old, and a second lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 16 September 1857 at Delhi, British India for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross

For cool intrepidity and characteristic daring in extinguishing a fire in the Delhi Magazine enclosure, on the 16th of September, 1857, under a close and heavy musketry fire from the enemy, at the imminent risk of his life from the explosion of combustible stores in the shed in which the fire occurred.[2]

He later achieved the rank of colonel. Thackeray retired from the Army in 1888 and in 1898 he went to live in Italy where he spent the rest of his life.

His medal is currently displayed at the National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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  1. ↑ Philip A. Wilkins, The History of the Victoria Cross: Being an account of the 520 acts of bravery for which the decoration has been awarded and portraits of 392 recipients, Andrews UK Limited, 2012, ISBN 1781516731, 9781781516737
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22621. p. 2229. 29 April 1862. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
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