VC BURIALS SOUTH AFRICA

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : SOUTH AFRICA

ORANGE FREE STATE

Name Herman,
ALBRECHT John James,
CLEMENTS Nevill Josiah Aylmer,
COGHILL William Henry,
DICK-CUNNYNGHAM

Rank Trooper Sergeant Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel

Force Imperial Light Horse (Natal) Damant's Horse (Rimmington's Guides) 24th Regiment
(South Wales Borderers) Gordon Highlanders

VC won 2nd Boer War,
6 January 1900 2nd Boer War,
24 February 1901 Isandhlwana, Zululand,
22 January 1879 Afghan War,
13 December 1879

London Gaz 8 August 1902 4 June 1901 2 May 1879 & 15 January 1907 18 October 1881

Born Burghersdorp,
c. 1876 Middleburg, Cape,
19 June 1872 Drumcondra, Co Dublin, Ireland,
25 January 1852 Edinburgh, Scotland,
16 June 1851

Died 6 January 1900,
Wagon Hill, Nr Ladysmith 18 June 1937,
Newcastle 22 January 1879,
Isandhlwana 7 January 1900,
Ladysmith *

Grave ILH Memorial, Maiden Castle, Caesar's Camp Town Cemetery, Newcastle Fugitive's Drift, below Itchiane Hill Ladysmith Cemetery

Location
of VC Museum of Military History, Johannesburg Not publicly held South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen

Remarks Buried with Robert Digby-Jones VC None Buried with Teignmouth Melvill VC * Died of wounds during 2nd Boer War

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Name Robert James Thomas,
DIGBY-JONES Robert Vaughan,
GORLE William,
GRIFFITHS Joseph,
MALONE

Rank Lieutenant T/Lieutenant Private Captain & Riding Master

Force Corps of Royal Engineers Royal Field Artillery 24th Regiment
(South Wales Borderers) 13th Light Dragoons
(13th Hussars)

VC won 2nd Boer War,
6 January 1900 Belgium,
1 October 1918 Little Andaman Island,
7 May 1867 Crimea,
25 October 1854 *

London Gaz 8 August 1902 14 December 1918 17 December 1867 25 September 1857

Born Edinburgh, Scotland,
27 September 1876 Southsea, Hampshire, England,
6 May 1896 Co Roscommon, Ireland,
1841 Eccles, Manchester, England,
11 January 1833

Died 6 January 1900,
Wagon Hill, Ladysmith 11 January 1937,
Durban 22 January 1879,
Isandhlwana 28 June 1883,
Pinetown

Grave Ladysmith Cemetery Stella Wood Cemetery, Durban Isandhlwana Battlefield * St Andrew's Churchyard, Pinetown

Location
of VC Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham Not publicly held South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon 13th/18th Hussars Museum, Barnsley

Remarks Buried with Herman Albrecht VC None * Individual grave not marked * Charge of the Light Brigade

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Name Teignmouth,
MELVILL The Hon Frederick Hugh Sherston,
ROBERTS Quentin George Murray,
SMYTHE

Rank Lieutenant Lieutenant Captain

Force 24th Regiment
(South Wales Borderers) King's Royal Rifle Corps Royal Natal Carabineers

VC won Isandhlwana, Zululand,
22 January 1879 2nd Boer War,
15 December 1899 Libya,
5 June 1942

London Gaz 2 May 1879 & 15 January 1907 2 February 1900 11 September 1942

Born London, England,
8 September 1842 Umballa, India,
8 January 1872 Nottingham Road,
6 August 1916

Died 22 January 1879,
Isandhlwana 17 December 1899,
Chieveley 22 October 1997,
Durban

Grave Fugitive's Drift, below Itchiane Hill Chieveley War Cemetery Durban Crematorium

Location
of VC South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon National Army Museum, London Not publicly held

Remarks Buried with Nevill Coghill VC None None

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Name Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp,
COULSON Thomas,
LANE Francis Newton,
PARSONS

Rank Lieutenant Private Lieutenant

Force King's Own Scottish Borderers 67th Regiment
(Hampshire Regiment) Essex Regiment

VC won 2nd Boer War,
18 May 1901 Taku Forts, China,
21 August 1860 2nd Boer War,
18 February 1900

London Gaz 8 August 1902 13 August 1861 20 November 1900

Born Wimbledon, Surrey, England,
1 April 1879 Cork, Ireland,
May 1836 Dover, Kent, England,
23 March 1875

Died 18 May 1901,
Lambrechtfontein Farm 12 April 1889,
Kimberley 11 March 1900,
Driefontein

Grave Lambrechtfontein Farm
( headstone erected May 2003 ) Gladstone Cemetery, Kimberley
( headstone erected 1991 ) Driefontein Cemetery *

Location
of VC King's Own Scottish Borderers Museum, Berwick-on-Tweed Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Winchester Essex Regiment Museum, Chelmsford

Remarks DSO Forfeit of VC in 1881 * Isolated grave on Battle of Paardeberg site

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Name Alfred,
ATKINSON John,
BARRY William Anderson,
BLOOMFIELD Oswald Austin,
REID

Rank Sergeant Private Major Major

Force Yorkshire Regiment
(Green Howards) Royal Irish Regiment Scout Corps, 2nd SA Mounted Brigade King's (Liverpool) Regiment

VC won 2nd Boer War,
18 February 1900 2nd Boer War,
7 - 8 January 1901 German East Africa,
24 August 1916 Mesopotamia,
8 - 10 March 1917

London Gaz 8 August 1902 8 August 1902 30 December 1916 8 June 1917

Born Leeds, Yorkshire, England,
6 February 1874 Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland,
1 February 1873 Edinburgh, Scotland,
30 January 1873 Johhanesburg,
2 November 1893

Died 21 February 1900,
Paardeberg 8 January 1901,
Monument Hill, Belfast 12 May 1954,
Ermelo 27 October 1920,
Johannesburg

Grave Gruisbank British Cemetery, Paardeberg
( exact location unknown ) Belfast Cemetery, E of Johannesburg Ermelo Cemetery Braamfontein Cemetery, Johannesburg

Location
of VC Green Howards Museum, Richmond Not publicly held Not publicly held National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg

Remarks None None None None

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Name John David Francis,
SHAUL David Reginald,
YOUNGER

Rank Bugle Major Captain

Force Highland Light Infantry Gordon Highlanders

VC won 2nd Boer War,
11 December 1899 2nd Boer War,
11 July 1900

London Gaz 28 September 1900 8 August 1902

Born King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
11 September 1873 Edinburgh, Scotland,
17 March 1871

Died 16 September 1953,
Boksburg 11 July 1900,
Lechochoek, Nr Krugersdorp

Grave Old Cemetery Boksburg Krugersdorp Cemetery

Location
of VC Not publicly held Not publicly held

Remarks None None

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