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VC389 John Frederick McCrea
BORN 2 April 1854
DIED 16 July 1894 AGE 40
VC Won 14 January 1881 AGE 26
Place VC Won Sepechelis, near Mafeking, South Africa
War/Campaign Basuto War
Name John Frederick McCrea No.
VC Issue No. 389 Awards VC
Regiment South African Forces, 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Surgeon
Rank End Of Career Surgeon Major
Place Of Birth St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Place Of Death Kokstad, East Griqualand, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Kokstad Cemetery, Transkei District, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 28 June 1881
VC Presented 25 October 1881 by Brigadier-General Charles M Clarke at King Williams Town, Natal, South Africa
Memorials
Headstone, Kokstad Cemetery, Transkei District, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
By The Way…
He was civilian surgeon before joining the yeomanry
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
