Major Christopher O'Kelly VC MC - 52nd Bn ( New Ontario ), Canadian Expedtionary Force


VICTORIA CROSS GRAVES NOT MARKED - WORLD WIDE

AFGHANISTAN
Lieutenant Died 3 September 1879, British Embassy, Kabul
Hacked to death during the storming of the Embassy
It is believed Hamilton was buried in an Embassy garden
100 yards from where he fell.
Grave not marked
Walter
HAMILTON
QOC of Guides

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND
Private Died December 1874, Sturt's Desert, Queensland
O'Hea died of thirst and starvation near Noccundra Station, Graham's Creek
Timothy O'Hea was a member of the Hume Expedition into the
Australian interior.
There is credible evidence to suggest it was Timothy's brother
John that took part in the expedition and that Timothy O'Hea died
at his home town of Dunbeacon, Co Cork, Ireland.
Timothy
O'HEA
Rifle Brigade

BELIZE
Lance Corporal Died 14 January 1868, Belize City, Honduras ( now Belize )
Belize City Military Cemetery, Yarborough
The cemetery was partially levelled in 1890 and a road built on the site
Grave not marked
Samuel
HODGE
West India Regiment

BURMA
Major General Died 20 October 1886, Prome, Burma ( from fever )
Rangoon Cantonment Cemetery for Europeans & Eurasians
Reburied in a 'nearby' cemetery when original levelled c.1920s
Reinterred in Yay Way Cemetery, Trunk Road, North Okalapa, near Rangoon.
MacPherson's grave may have been lost following the monsoon of 1997
Herbert
MACPHERSON
Seaforth Highlanders

CANADA, ONTARIO
Major Last seen alive on 15 November 1922, whilst canoeing on Lac Seul
Body not recovered, therefore, grave not marked
Memorial cairn erected on Goose Island, Lac Seul
Christopher
O'KELLY
52nd Bn, CEF

CHINA
Major Died 30 September 1928, on HMS 'Cumberland' on route to Hong Kong
Hungjao Cemetery, Shanghai, China
Cemetery levelled by the Communists in 1948
A headstone did exist. Grave not marked
Edward
BAMFORD
Royal Marine L. I.

ITALY
General Died 1 April 1884, L'Hotel Pallanza, Verbania-Pallanza, Italy
1. Old Cemetery, Pallanza
2. New Cemetery, Pallanza, c.1920s
3. Bones placed in the Municipal Ossuary, Pallanza, in May 1996
James
TRAVERS
Bhopal Contingent

NEW ZEALAND
Lance Corporal Died 29 December 1863, Tuakan, New Zealand
Drowned whilst attempting to rescue a comrade shortly after his VC action
Ryan's name is on the Alexandra Redoubt Commemorative Stone,
Park Cemetery, near Cameron Town
Grave not marked
John
RYAN
York & Lancaster Reg

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE
Trooper Died 11 September 1894, Cape Town
Woltemade Cemetery, Cape Town
Grave No. 81594A. grave reused with Abrahamse headstone
Peter
BROWN
Cape Mounted Riflemen

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE
Captain Believed died in Cape Town, ca 1901
Possibly from Bubonic plaque outbreak
Burial location not known
Edmund
O'TOOLE
Cape Frontier L. Horse

SOUTH AFRICA, NATAL
Private Died 22 January 1879, Isandhlwana Battlefield, Natal
Believed buried beneath one of seven memorial cairns on Isandhlwana Battlefield
Individual grave not marked
William
GRIFFITHS
South Wales Borderers

SOUTH AFRICA, ORANGE FREE STATE
Sergeant Died 21 February 1900, following the Battle of Paardeberg, Orange Free State
Gruisbank British Cemetery, Paardeberg
Exact burial location within Gruisbank British Cemetery not known
Atkinson's name is included on a Memorial within the cemetery
Alfred
ATKINSON
Yorkshire Regiment

SOUTH AFRICA, ORANGE FREE STATE
Lieutenant Died 11 March 1900 Dreifontein, Orange Free State
Dreifontein Cemetery
Parsons was buried in an isolated and overgrown field on the
Battle of Paardeberg site.
Confirmation is required to ascertain if the headstone still exists
Francis
PARSONS
Essex Regiment

URUGUAY
Major Died 18 June 1868, Estancia ( ranch ) de Arazati, Monte Video, Uruguay
1. Old British Cemetery, Avenida 18 de Julio, Montevideo
2. Unidentified mortal remains were reinterred to the British Cemetery,
Avenue General Rivera, Montevideo, in 1884.
No definitive confirmation has been discovered showing the exact
burial location of Lawrence. Investigations are ongoing
Samuel
LAWRENCE
Duke of Cornwall's L. I.

USA
Private Died 23 March 1899, Pittson, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial location in St John the Evangelist Cemetery, Pittson, cannot be pinpointed
Grave not marked
Thomas
MURPHY
South Wales Borderers

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Iain Stewart, 22 February 2022