Sergeant John Clements VC - Damant's Horse ( Rimington's Guides ), South African Forces

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

Name Herman,
ALBRECHT		 John James,
CLEMENTS		 Nevill Josiah Aylmer,
COGHILL		 William Henry,
DICK-CUNYNGHAM
Rank Trooper Sergeant Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel
Force Imperial Light Horse ( Natal ), South African Forces Damant's Horse ( Rimington's Guides ), South African Forces 1st Bn, 24th ( Warwickshire ) Regiment
( later South Wales Borderers )		 2nd Bn, Gordon Highlanders
VC won Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, 2nd Boer War,
6 January 1900		 Strijdenberg, 2nd Boer War,
24 February 1901		 Isandhlwana, Zululand,
22 January 1879		 Sherpur Pass, Afghan War,
13 December 1879
London Gaz 8 August 1902 4 June 1901 Recommended on 2 May 1879
Confirmed by King Edward VII on 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 Wagon Hill Cemetery ( Imperial Light Horse Memorial ) Town Cemetery, Newcastle
( image courtesy Iain MacFarlaine )		 Fugitive's Drift, below Itchiane Hill Ladysmith Cemetery
Location
of VC		 Museum of Military History, Johannesburg Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen
Remarks Buried initially in a mass grave on Wagon Hill None Buried with Teignmouth Melvill VC * Died of wounds during 2nd Boer War

NATAL

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 'A' Battery, Royal Field Artillery 2nd Bn, 24th ( Warwickshire ) Regiment
( later South Wales Borderers )		 13th Light Dragoons
( 13th Hussars )
VC won Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, 2nd Boer War,
6 January 1900		 Ledeghem, Belgium,
1 October 1918		 Little Andaman Island,
7 May 1867		 Balaclava, 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		 10 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, Gillingham Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Remarks Buried initially in a mass grave on Wagon Hill ( * ) Confirmed by Death Certificate * Individual grave not marked * Charge of the Light Brigade

NATAL

Name Teignmouth,
MELVILL		 The Hon Frederick Hugh Sherston,
ROBERTS		 Quentin George Murray,
SMYTHE
Rank Lieutenant Lieutenant Captain
Force 1st Bn, 24th ( Warwickshire ) Regiment
( later South Wales Borderers )		 King's Royal Rifle Corps Royal Natal Carabineers, South African Forces
VC won Isandhlwana, Zululand,
22 January 1879		 Battle of Colenso, 2nd Boer War,
15 December 1899		 Alem Hamza, Libya,
5 June 1942
London Gaz Recommended on 2 May 1879
Confirmed by King Edward VII on 15 January 1907		 2 February 1900 11 September 1942
Born London, England,
8 September 1842		 Umballa, India,
8 January 1872		 Nottingham Road, Natal,
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 Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Remarks Buried with Nevill Coghill VC None None

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