Lieutenant Colonel John Mackay VC - 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders


KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: FRANCE - ( PRE - FIRST WORLD WAR )

Name Augustus Henry Archibald,
ANSON
John Frederick,
MACKAY
Arthur Frederick,
PICKARD
Thomas James,
YOUNG
Rank Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Captain
Force 84th Regiment,
( York & Lancaster Regiment )
1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders Royal Regiment of Artillery Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )
VC won Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
28 September 1857
Johannesburg, 2nd Boer War,
20 May 1900
Rangiriri, New Zealand,
20 November 1863
Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
16 November 1857
London Gaz 24 December 1858 10 August 1900 22 September 1864
1 February 1859
Born Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire,
5 March 1835
Edinburgh,
21 July 1873
Forest Hill, Northamptonshire,
12 April 1844
Chelsea, London,
21 April 1826
Died 17 December 1877,
Cannes
9 January 1930,
Nice
1 March 1880,
Cannes
20 March 1869,
Caen
Grave Cimetiere du Grand Jas de Cannes Cimetiere De Caucade, Nice
( source: Memorials to Valour )
Cimetiere du Grand Jas de Cannes Cimetiere Protestant, Caen
Location
of VC
Shugborough Estate, Near Stafford Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Remarks None None CB None

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