Alfred Kirke Ffrench Explained

Alfred Kirke Ffrench
Birth Date:25 February 1835
Death Date:29 December 1872 (aged 37)
Birth Place:Meerut, British India
Death Place:Chiswick, London
Placeofburial:Brompton Cemetery, London
Rank:Captain
Branch: British Army
Unit:53rd Regiment of Foot
Battles:Indian Mutiny
Awards:Victoria Cross

Alfred Kirke Ffrench VC (25 February 1835  - 29 December 1872) was a 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.

Ffrench was twenty-two years old, and a lieutenant in the 53rd Regiment of Foot (later The King's Shropshire Light Infantry) of the British Army during the Indian Mutiny, when he performed the deed on 16 November 1857 at Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the V.C.:

He later reached the rank of captain. Ffrench took ill whilst serving in Bermuda and died in London. The officers of his regiment wore black arm bands upon the notice of his death,[1] following which he was buried at Brompton Cemetery. A memorial tablet to him was also placed in St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at The King's Shropshire Light Infantry Museum in Shrewsbury Castle, Shropshire, England.

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  1. Web site: The Victoria Cross to the 53rd Regiment : India 1857-58 . 21 August 2009 . 12 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180512112849/http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20070214124938 . dead .