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391:. Lady Elphinstone lived at Pinewood until her death in 1938. They had four daughters: Victoria (1877–1952); Irene (1878–1957), Olive (1882–1968) and Mary (1888–1965). All four married army officers. Mary married Colonel Robert Singleton McClintock, son of
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who was willing to take the posting to
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The Queen Thanks Sir Howard – the Life of Major
General Sir Howard Elphinstone, VC, KCB, CMG
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sent a representative. His VC is on display in the Lord
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Monuments to Courage: Victoria Cross Headstones and Memorials
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932:. Vol. 3. Chatham: Royal Engineers Institute.
1148:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
425:and in 1889 he became General Officer Commanding
299:With the end of the war he was decorated by both
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19:For other people named Howard Elphinstone, see
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8:
1128:Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross
906:Parry, D. H. & Wood, Stanley L. (2005).
281:On 18 June 1855, he was 25 years old, and a
365:and in 1870 he was made a Companion of the
265:in December 1847. With the outbreak of the
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303:, Emperor of France being appointed as a
1113:British recipients of the Victoria Cross
225:(12 December 1829 – 8 March 1890) was a
930:History of the Corps of Royal Engineers
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327:Elphinstone ended the Crimean War as a
421:in Berlin. In 1887 he was promoted to
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908:The V. C. Its Heroes And Their Valor
872:"Elphinstone, Howard Crawfurd"
21:Howard Elphinstone (disambiguation)
947:The Register of the Victoria Cross
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891:. Vol. 2. The Echo Library.
807:. 23 December 1881. p. 6840.
730:"Sir Howard and Lady Elphinstone"
490:. 28 December 1847. p. 4757.
367:Order of St Michael and St George
177:Order of St Michael and St George
1013:McClintock, Mary Howard (1945).
882:. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
878:Dictionary of National Biography
839:. 11 February 1887. p. 725.
273:that he won the Victoria Cross.
259:Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
241:Early career and the Crimean War
1123:Knights of the Legion of Honour
618:. 29 August 1865. p. 4194.
579:as Howard Crawford Elphinstone)
229:officer and a recipient of the
203:Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone
638:. 24 April 1868. p. 2362.
598:. 11 January 1859. p. 79.
530:. 4 August 1856. p. 2705.
305:Knight of the Legion of Honour
181:Knight of the Legion of Honour
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772:. 6 June 1873. p. 2738.
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510:. 4 June 1858. p. 2757.
378:Comptroller of the Household
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251:Corps of Royal Engineers
170:Knight Commander of the
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969:Downer, Martin (2008).
1143:People who died at sea
1017:. London: John Murray.
992:Harvey, David (1999).
575:(Wrongly named in the
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191:Order of the Red Eagle
32:Sir Howard Elphinstone
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334:and as a substantive
317:Order of the Medjidie
186:Order of the Medjidie
115:Years of service
1075:Sir Richard Harrison
1065:GOC Western District
462:Imperial War Museum
271:Siege of Sebastopol
973:The Queen's Knight
889:The Life of Gordon
836:The London Gazette
804:The London Gazette
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363:lieutenant colonel
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1039:978-0-11-772835-6
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984:978-0-552-15508-3
961:978-0-906324-27-1
926:Porter, Whitworth
917:978-1-4179-5112-3
898:978-1-4068-9346-5
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109:British Army
77:At sea near
73:(1890-03-08)
71:8 March 1890
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1098:1890 deaths
1093:1829 births
867:Lee, Sidney
831:"No. 25672"
799:"No. 25051"
764:"No. 23984"
744:"No. 23876"
710:"No. 23755"
690:"No. 23739"
670:"No. 23733"
650:"No. 23638"
630:"No. 23373"
610:"No. 23008"
590:"No. 22217"
565:"No. 21905"
545:"No. 22107"
522:"No. 21909"
502:"No. 22149"
482:"No. 20810"
267:Crimean War
157:Crimean War
89:Lost at sea
59:Cumenhoff,
1087:Categories
1069:1889–1890
860:References
820:pp. 72–73.
464:, London.
283:lieutenant
95:Allegiance
53:1829-12-12
977:. Corgi.
411:Mauritius
193:(Prussia)
118:1847–1890
928:(1915).
437:Memorial
382:knighted
374:majority
245:Born in
237:forces.
183:(France)
143:Commands
103:Service/
63:, Russia
852:p. 445.
818:Boulger
577:Gazette
431:Madeira
407:colonel
257:at the
247:Livonia
79:Madeira
61:Livonia
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329:brevet
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85:Buried
468:Notes
332:major
253:as a
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