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|name=John Worthy Chaplin<br />
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1840|07|23|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place= Ewhurst Park, [[Ramsdell]], [[Hampshire]]<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|1920|08|18|1840|07|23|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place= [[Market Harborough]], [[Leicestershire]]<br />
|placeofburial= [[Kibworth]] New Cemetery<br />
|allegiance= United Kingdom<br />
|branch= [[British Army]]<br />
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|rank= [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]]<br />
|unit= [[67th Regiment of Foot]]<br/>[[100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot|100th Regiment of Foot]]<br/>[[8th Hussars]]<br />
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|battles= [[Second Opium War]]<br/>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]<br />
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]<br/>Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]]<br />
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[[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] '''John Worthy Chaplin''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|VC|CB}} (23 July 1840 – 18 August 1920) was a [[British Army]] officer and an English recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.<br />
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==Details==<br />
Chaplin was 20 years old, and an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] in the [[67th Regiment of Foot]], [[British Army]] during the [[Second Opium War|Second China War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.<br />
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On 21 August 1860 at the [[Taku Forts]], China, Ensign Chaplin was carrying the Queen's Colours of the Regiment and first planted the Colours on the breach made by the storming party, assisted by a private. He then planted the Colours on the bastion of the fort which he was the first to mount, but in doing so he was severely wounded.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22538|page=3363|date=13 August 1861}}</ref><br />
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He achieved the rank of [[colonel]]. Chaplin was a member of [[Boodle's]] club in St James's, London, from 1880 until death.<br />
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==The medal==<br />
His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum and Memorial Garden in [[Winchester]], England.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041027215309/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/leiceste.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Leicestershire)''<br />
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