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VC316 Sir John Carstairs McNeill
BORN 28 March 1831
DIED 25 May 1904 AGE 73
VC Won 30 March 1864 AGE 33
Place VC Won Near Ohanpu, New Zealand
War/Campaign Waikato-Hauhau Maori War
Name Sir John Carstairs McNeill No.
VC Issue No. 316 Awards VC GCVO KCB KCMG
Regiment 107th Regiment (Bengal Infantry)
Later Royal Sussex Regiment
Now Princess Of Wales Royal Regiment
Rank VC Won Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank End Of Career Major-General
Place Of Birth Colonsay, Argyllshire, Scotland
Place Of Death St Jame's Palace, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Oronsay Priory, McNeill family chapel, Isle of Colonsay, Scotland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Vault Plot/Grave no. McNeill family chapel
Gazetted 16 August 1864
VC Presented 6 December 1864, Governor of New Zealand, Sir George Grey, Auckland, New Zealand
Memorials
Vault, Oronsay Priory, McNeill family chapel, Isel of Colonsay, Argyllshire, Scotland
Miniature VC at Waiouru Military Museum, New Zealand (on loan from family)
By The Way…
He was equerry to Queen Victoria, originally a equerry was in charge of the horses
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
