Mr Frank Dashwood (Lieutenant Colonel)

Forenames: Frank

Surnames: Dashwood

Date of Death: 20/07/1918

Burial Date: 23/07/1918

Age at Death Years: 77

Grave Type: Marked

Military Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Map Reference Number: RSHG 005 B3

Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery 5 Plot 654a

Grave Description: Large double plot with raised cross, stone kerbs, just grass top

Grave Condition Description: Cross is broken and is lying across plinth

Other Information: Note about the V.D medal: Volunteer Decoration (for Officers after 20 years efficient service)
This medal had the post-nominals VD which for obvious reasons became an embarrassment as the same letters were used as a diminutive for venereal disease. This led to the joke that soldiers still tell about their medal entitlements being "VD & scars". This decoration was instituted in July 1892 for the purpose of rewarding 'efficient and capable' officers of the Volunteer Force who had served for twenty years. In 1894 the decoration was introduced for officers of Volunteer Forces in India and the Colonies (although in the case of India the length of qualifying service was reduced to eighteen years). Colonial and Indian officers were issued with different volunteer decorations from May 1899.

* Their version had the letters "VRI" (Victoria Regina Imperatrix) in place of the "VR" (Victoria Regina)

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