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{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
|name=Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray | |name=Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray | ||
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{{quote|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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22621|page=2229|date=29 April 1862}}</ref>}} | {{quote|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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22621|page=2229|date=29 April 1862}}</ref>}} | ||
He later achieved the rank of [[colonel]], and was elected to the [[Athenaeum Club, London | Athenaeum]] in 1876. Thackeray retired from the Army in 1888 and in 1898 he went to live in Italy where he spent the rest of his life. | He later achieved the rank of [[colonel]], and was elected to the [[Athenaeum Club, London|Athenaeum]] in 1876. 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 (South Africa)|National Museum of Military History]] in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]. | His medal is currently displayed at the [[National Museum of Military History (South Africa)|National Museum of Military History]] in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]. | ||
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{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
;Sources | ;Sources | ||
*[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999) | *''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999) | ||
*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997) | *''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (This England, 1997) | ||
*[[The Sapper VCs]] (Gerald Napier, 1998) | *''[[The Sapper VCs]]'' (Gerald Napier, 1998) | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106144039/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_thackeray.htm] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106144039/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_thackeray.htm Profile], remuseum.org.uk. Accessed 2 December 2022. | ||
* {{Find a Grave|11864746}} | * {{Find a Grave|11864746}} | ||