Colonel John Rouse Merriott Chard VC - Corps of Royal Engineers

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : AFRICA

ERITREA ETHIOPIA KENYA TANZANIA ZIMBABWE

ERITREA

Name Alexander Roberts,
DUNN		 RICHPAL RAM

Rank Colonel Subadar ( Captain )

Force 11th Hussars ( Prince Albert's Own ) 4th Bn, 6th Rajputana Rifles, Indian Army

VC won Balaclava, Crimea,
25 October 1854		 Keren,
7 February 1941

London Gaz 24 February 1857 4 July 1941

Born Dunstable, Ontario, Canada,
15 September 1833		 Barda, Patiala State, India,
20 August 1899

Died 25 January 1868,
Senafe		 12 February 1941,
Karen

Grave Military Cemetery, Senafe Cremated Keren *

Location
of VC		 Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Not publicly held

Remarks First Canadian awarded the VC * Name on the Karen Memorial

ETHIOPIA

Name Nigel Gray,
LEAKEY


Rank Sergeant


Force 1st / 6th The King's African Rifles


VC won Colito, Abbyssinia,
19 May 1941


London Gaz 15 February 1945


Born Kiganjo, Kenya,
1 January 1913


Died 19 May 1941,
Colito, Abbysinia


Grave No known grave
name on East Africa Memorial, Nairobi


Location
of VC		 Not publicly held


Remarks None


KENYA

Name Wilbur Taylor,
DARTNELL		 Brian Turner Tom,
LAWRENCE		 Montagu Shadworth Seymour,
MOORE
Rank T / Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major
Force 25th Bn, Royal Fusiliers 17th Lancers 15th Bn, Hampshire Regiment
VC won Maktau, Kenya,
3 September 1915		 Essenbosch Farm, 2nd Boer War,
7 August 1900		 East of Ypres, Belgium,
20 August 1917
London Gaz 23 December 1915 15 January 1901 8 November 1917
Born Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
6 April 1885		 Bewdley, Worcestershire,
9 November 1873		 Worthing, Sussex,
9 October 1896
Died 3 September 1915,
Maktau, Kenya		 7 June 1949,
Nakuru, Kenya		 12 September 1966,
Kiganjo, Kenya
Grave Voi Cemetery, Voi Nakuru Crematorium Langata Crematorium, Nairobi
Location
of VC		 Australian War Memorial, Canberra Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Hampshire Regiment Museum, Winchester
Remarks None None None

TANZANIA

Name John Fitzhardinge Paul,
BUTLER


Rank Captain


Force King's Royal Rifle Corps
( att'd Gold Coast Regiment )


VC won The Cameroons, West Africa,
17 November 1914


London Gaz 23 August 1915


Born Berkeley, Gloucestershire,
20 December 1888


Died 5 September 1916,
Matombo, German East Africa


Grave Morogoro Cemetery, Tanzania


Location
of VC		 Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester


Remarks DSO


ZIMBABWE

Name Frank William,
BAXTER		 Frederick Henry,
BRADLEY		 William Frederick,
FAULDS		 Herbert Stephen,
HENDERSON
Rank Trooper Major Captain Trooper
Force Grey's Scouts ( Bulawayo Field Force ), South African Forces Royal Field Artillery 1st Bn, South African Infantry Rhodesia Horse ( Bulawayo Field Force ), South Africa Forces
VC won Umguza, Mashonaland,
22 April 1896		 Ita, Zululand,
26 September 1901		 Delville Wood, Somme, France,
18 July 1916		 Campbell's Store, Rhodesia,
30 March 1896
London Gaz 7 May 1897
confirmed 15 January 1907		 27 December 1901 9 September 1916 7 May 1897
Born Woolwich, London,
29 December 1869		 Kingsland, East London,
27 September 1876		 Cradock, Cape, South Africa,
19 February 1895		 Glasgow,
30 March 1870
Died 22 April 1896,
Umguza, Mashonaland		 10 March 1943,
Gwelo		 16 August 1950,
Salisbury ( now Harare )		 10 August 1942,
Bulawayo
Grave Bulawayo Town Cemetery Gwelo Cemetery Pioneer Cemetery, Harare Bulawayo Town Cemetery
Location
of VC		 Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Not publicly held Reported stolen in South Africa National Army Museum, London
Remarks None None MC None

ZIMBABWE

Name Randolph Cosby,
NESBITT		 Gerard Ross,
NORTON		 Edmund,
O'TOOLE
Rank Major Captain Captain
Force Mashonaland Mounted Police, South African Forces Kaffrarian Rifles, South African Forces
att'd 4th Bn, Hampshire Regiment		 Cape Frontier Light Horse, South African Forces
VC won Alice Mine, Mazoe Valley, Rhodesia,
19 June 1896		 Monte Gridolfo, Italy,
31 August 1944		 Ulundi, Zululand,
3 July 1879
London Gaz 7 May 1897 26 October 1944 9 October 1879
Born Queenstown, Cape, South Africa,
20 September 1867		 Herschel, Cape Province, South Africa,
7 September 1915		 Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa,
Unknown
Died 23 July 1956,
Cape Town, South Africa		 29 October 2004,
Harare		 1891,
Salisbury ( now Harare )
Grave Cremated Cape Town, South Africa.
Ashes interred in Harare Anglican Cathedral		 Harare Harare ( location unknown )
Location
of VC		 National Archives of Zimbabwe, Harare Not publicly held Not publicly held
Remarks None MM None

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