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{{Short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
{{Short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
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{{Infobox military person
{{Infobox military person
|name=George Vincent Fosbery
|name=George Vincent Fosbery
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==Military background==
==Military background==
An [[Eton College|Old Etonian]], Fosbery was 31 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[4th Bengal European Regiment]], [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Umbeyla Campaign]] during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He retired from the service in 1877 having achieved the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="obit">{{citation | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E5DD133EE033A2575AC0A9639C946697D6CF | title=LIEUT. COL. FOSBERY DEAD | newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| place=original obituary archived on website | date=9 May 1907| accessdate=3 December 2022}}</ref>
An [[Eton College|Old Etonian]], Fosbery was 31 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[4th Bengal European Regiment]], [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Umbeyla Campaign]] during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He retired from the service in 1877 having achieved the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="obit">{{citation | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E5DD133EE033A2575AC0A9639C946697D6CF | title=LIEUT. COL. FOSBERY DEAD | newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| place=original obituary archived on website | date=9 May 1907| accessdate=3 December 2008}}</ref>


===Umbeyla Campaign===
===Umbeyla Campaign===
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==Medals==
==Medals==
In 1997, Fosbery's Victoria Cross was sold at an Alberta auction for $45,000. His medals are now on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.<ref name="Ashcroft">{{cite web | url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vvashcr2.htm | title=Lord Ashcroft VC collection | accessdate=4 March 2022}}</ref>
In 1997, Fosbery's Victoria Cross was sold at an Alberta auction for $45,000. His medals are now on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.<ref name="Ashcroft">{{cite web | url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vvashcr2.htm | title=Lord Ashcroft VC collection | accessdate=4 March 2013}}</ref>


==References==
==References==