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For most of his life Edward Jennings was employed by the local council as a road sweeper and must have fallen on hard times as he sold his Victoria Cross to a private collector. His Victoria Cross is | For most of his life Edward Jennings was employed by the local council as a road sweeper and must have fallen on hard times as he sold his Victoria Cross to a private collector. His Victoria Cross is owned by the Royal Artillery and is not on public display. | ||
Edward Jennings VC died on 10 May 1889 and was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave, one of 190,000 bodies interred in Preston Cemetery, [[North Shields]], North East England. In 1997 an appeal was launched to raise the necessary £2000 to place a headstone on Edward Jennings grave. A memorial service at graveside took place on 10 September 1997 to dedicate the new headstone.<ref>[http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/bbjennin.htm News Item] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104004719/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/bbjennin.htm |date=2005-01-04 }}: (memorial service)</ref> | Edward Jennings VC died on 10 May 1889 and was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave, one of 190,000 bodies interred in Preston Cemetery, [[North Shields]], North East England. In 1997 an appeal was launched to raise the necessary £2000 to place a headstone on Edward Jennings grave. A memorial service at graveside took place on 10 September 1997 to dedicate the new headstone.<ref>[http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/bbjennin.htm News Item] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104004719/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/bbjennin.htm |date=2005-01-04 }}: (memorial service)</ref> | ||