Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers, 5th Field Company
Later
Now Corps of Royal Engineers
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Boxhill, near Plymouth, Devon, England
Place Of Death Hatch Beauchamp Rectory, Somerset, England
Buried/Location Ashes St John the Baptist Churchyard, Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 2 May 1879
VC Presented 16 July 1879 by General Sir Garnet Wolseley at St Paul's Mission Station, Kawzulu-Natal, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, St John the Baptist Churchyard, Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset
P Plaque in Jesus Chapel, Rochester Cathedral, Kent
P Window at St John the Baptist Church, Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset
P Road bollard with name inscribed at The Hoe Seafront, Plymouth, Devon
John Chard VC House, Swansea TA Centre, West Glamorgan, Wales
P Plaque at YMCA Sports Centre, Honicknowle Lane, Pennycross, Plymouth, Devon
P Named on 'For Valour' board, bust, officers sword, water bottle & Zulu assegai, knobkerrie & shield taken by Chard at Ulundi, Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent
P Plaque in Othery Church, Somerset
P Chard Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
P Chard Road, Plymouth, Devon
P Bronze bust, Tauntom Museum, Somerset
By The Way…
John Chard-Dekorasie (silver decoration) (JCD) awarded for 20 years long and efficient service in the South African Union Defence Forces, available to all ranks already awarded the John Chard-Medalje (bronze medal) for 12 years long and efficient service
