for embezzlement and theft from an officer in a court-martial, Corbett's name was erased from the VC Register by Royal Warrant and his VC pension was terminated. Corbett was among eight recipients of the VC whose awards were withdrawn for later criminal offences between 1856 and 1908. The original Royal Warrant for the Victoria Cross involved an expulsion clause that allowed for a recipient's name to be erased from the official register in certain wholly discreditable circumstances and his pension cancelled. The power to cancel and restore awards is still included in the warrant, but none has been forfeited since 1908. King George V felt that no VC should ever be forfeited, regardless of crime, and Corbett and the seven others whose awards were forfeited are officially listed as VC holders. By 1903 the Corbett VC had come into the possession of a Mr Mansfield, Clerk of Kingsbury Urban District Council, who approached the War Office (WO) apparently with the intention of returning the actual medal to Frederick Corbett, or to his family. The War Office informed Mansfield that, "as the name of Frederick Corbett had been erased from the VCR, the cross should not be delivered to Corbett or his representatives." Worried as to whether he could retain the medal, Mr Mansfield sought clarification; a further letter from the WO confirmed that, "in view of Corbett having sold his VC at a time when he was not subject to the Army Act, Mr Mansfield was entitled to retain it." Corbett's Victoria Cross was sold at auction by Glendining's on 17 June 1924 for £50 and now resides in the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum in Winchester. Death Corbett died in Maldon Union Workhouse on 25 September 1912. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Maldon cemetery. On 16 April 2004, a regimental headstone was placed over the grave and, in a simple ceremony, the headstone, covered in the regimental flag of the 60th Rifles, was unveiled by Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Wallace. Howard Vyse, the man he tried to save, was buried with three other fatalities shortly after the battle at the English cemetery outside the (now demolished) Rosetta Gate of Alexandria. References External links Location of grave and VC medal (Essex) Report on Headstone ceremony 1853 births 1912 deaths British recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Victoria Cross forfeitures British Army