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Colonel John Rouse Merriott Chard VC - Corps of Royal Engineers

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Name Arthur Hugh Henry,
BATTEN-POOLL John Rouse Merriott,
CHARD John,
CRIMMIN Campbell Mellis,
DOUGLAS

Rank Captain Colonel Colonel Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel

Force 3rd Bn The Royal Munster Fusiliers Corps of Royal Engineers Bombay Medical Service 24th Regiment
( South Wales Borderers )

VC won Colonne, France,
25 June 1916 Rorke's Drift, Natal,
22-23 January 1879 Lwekaw, Burma,
1 January 1889 Little Andaman Island,
7 May 1867

London Gaz 5 August 1916 2 May 1879 17 September 1889 17 December 1867

Born Knightsbridge, SW London,
25 October 1891 Plymouth, Devon,
21 December 1847 Dublin,
19 March 1859 Quebec City, Canada,
5 August 1840

Died 21 January 1971,
Ivybridge, Devon 1 November 1897,
Hatch Beauchamp 20 February 1945,
Wells 31 December 1909,
Wells

Grave St Lawrence's Churchyard, Woolverton St John the Baptist Churchyard, Hatch Beauchamp Wells Cemetery Wells Cemetery

Location
of VC National Army Museum, London Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Not publicly held Canadian War Museum, Ottawa

Remarks MC None CB CIE VD For saving life at sea

Name	Arthur Hugh Henry, BATTEN-POOLL	John Rouse Merriott, CHARD	John, CRIMMIN	Campbell Mellis, DOUGLAS
Rank	Captain	Colonel	Colonel	Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel
Force	3rd Bn The Royal Munster Fusiliers	Corps of Royal Engineers	Bombay Medical Service	24th Regiment ( South Wales Borderers )
VC won	Colonne, France, 25 June 1916	Rorke's Drift, Natal, 22-23 January 1879	Lwekaw, Burma, 1 January 1889	Little Andaman Island, 7 May 1867
London Gaz	5 August 1916	2 May 1879	17 September 1889	17 December 1867
Born	Knightsbridge, SW London, 25 October 1891	Plymouth, Devon, 21 December 1847	Dublin, 19 March 1859	Quebec City, Canada, 5 August 1840
Died	21 January 1971, Ivybridge, Devon	1 November 1897, Hatch Beauchamp	20 February 1945, Wells	31 December 1909, Wells
Grave	St Lawrence's Churchyard, Woolverton	St John the Baptist Churchyard, Hatch Beauchamp	Wells Cemetery	Wells Cemetery
Location of VC	National Army Museum, London	Lord Ashcroft VC Collection	Not publicly held	Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
Remarks	MC	None	CB CIE VD	For saving life at sea

SOMERSET

Name Frederick Cockayne,
ELTON Wilfred Dolby,
FULLER Basil Charles Godfrey,
PLACE Eric Charles Twelves
WILSON

Rank Lieutenant-Colonel Corporal Rear-Admiral Lieutenant-Colonel

Force 55th Regiment
( Border Regiment ) 1st Bn Grenadier Guards Royal Navy * East Surrey Regiment
att'd Somaliland Camel Corps

VC won Sebastopol, Crimea,
29 March 1855 Neuve Chapelle, France,
12 March 1915 Kaafiord, Norway,
22 September 1943 Tug Argan Gap, Somaliland,
11 - 15 August 1940

London Gaz 24 February 1857 19 April 1915 22 February 1944 14 October 1940

Born Whitestaunton,
23 April 1832 Greasley, Nottinghamshire,
28 July 1893 Little Malvern, Worcestershire,
19 July 1921 Sandown, Isle of Wight,
2 October 1912

Died 24 March 1888,
London 22 November 1947,
Frome 27 December 1994,
Holborn, C London 23 December 2008,
Stowell, Somerset

Grave St Andrew's Churchyard, Whitestaunton Christchurch Churchyard, Frome Corton Denham Cemetery St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Stowell
( no headstone )

Location
of VC Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle Grenadier Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London Imperial War Museum, London Lord Ashcroft VC Collection

Remarks None None CB CVO DSC
* Midget submarine XE.7 None

Name	Frederick Cockayne, ELTON	Wilfred Dolby, FULLER	Basil Charles Godfrey, PLACE	Eric Charles Twelves WILSON
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel	Corporal	Rear-Admiral	Lieutenant-Colonel
Force	55th Regiment ( Border Regiment )	1st Bn Grenadier Guards	Royal Navy *	East Surrey Regiment att'd Somaliland Camel Corps
VC won	Sebastopol, Crimea, 29 March 1855	Neuve Chapelle, France, 12 March 1915	Kaafiord, Norway, 22 September 1943	Tug Argan Gap, Somaliland, 11 - 15 August 1940
London Gaz	24 February 1857	19 April 1915	22 February 1944	14 October 1940
Born	Whitestaunton, 23 April 1832	Greasley, Nottinghamshire, 28 July 1893	Little Malvern, Worcestershire, 19 July 1921	Sandown, Isle of Wight, 2 October 1912
Died	24 March 1888, London	22 November 1947, Frome	27 December 1994, Holborn, C London	23 December 2008, Stowell, Somerset
Grave	St Andrew's Churchyard, Whitestaunton	Christchurch Churchyard, Frome	Corton Denham Cemetery	St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Stowell ( no headstone )
Location of VC	Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle	Grenadier Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London	Imperial War Museum, London	Lord Ashcroft VC Collection
Remarks	None	None	CB CVO DSC * Midget submarine XE.7	None

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