married at St Jude's Church, Kensington, on 18 May 1890, Cecilia Henrietta Dolores Blount La Touche. Lady Congreve was a nurse in the First World War, and a poet and author of "The Firewood Poem". They were the parents of Major Billy Congreve – they are one of only three father and son pairs to win a VC. Their younger son Geoffrey Cecil Congreve was created a baronet, of Congreve in the County of Stafford, in July 1927 (see Congreve baronets). Victoria Cross Congreve's Victoria Cross is on display at the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum, Winchester, England. Citations David Harvey, Monuments to Courage, 1999 The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) Ian Uys, Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War, 2000 References External links Angloboerwar.com |- |- |- |- |- 1862 births 1927 deaths British recipients of the Victoria Cross Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army generals of World War I Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Members of the Royal Victorian Order British Army generals Burials at sea Governors and Governors-General of Malta People educated at Harrow School Rifle Brigade officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War People from Chatham, Kent Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Knights of Grace of the Order of St John People educated at Twyford School British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Participants of the Christmas truce of 1914 Military personnel from Kent