Edmund Costello Military person

Brigadier-General Edmund William Costello VC CMG CVO DSO (7 August 1873 – 7 June 1949) was a British Indian Army officer and 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.

Personal facts

Edmund Costello
Birth dateAugust 07, 1873
Birth place
India , North-West Frontier Province (1901–55) , Sheikhbudia
Date of deathJune 07, 1949
Resting place
Sussex , St Mark's Church Hadlow Down

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allegianceBritish India
award
Royal Victorian Order
Mentioned in dispatches
Victoria Cross
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)
military operations
Siege of Malakand
Mesopotamian campaign
World War I
military branch
British Army
British Indian Army
military command
12th Indian Infantry Brigade
8th Indian Infantry Brigade
Palestine Defence Force
military unit
West Yorkshire Regiment
22nd Punjabis
24th Punjabis
service start1892
service end1923

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External resources

  1. http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/sussex.htm