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BORN 25 June 1860
DIED 9 January 1919 AGE 58
VC Won 16 January 1881 AGE 20
Place VC Won Elandsfontein, Pretoria, South Africa
War/Campaign First Boer War
Name John Danaher No.
VC Issue No. 391 Awards VC
Regiment South African Forces, Nourse's (Transvaal) Horse
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Trooper
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Place Of Death At the pub where he was licensee, The Dog & Duck Public House, 115 Frattan Road, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Milton Cemetery, Milton Road, Milton, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 15 January 1919
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section M, Row 1, Grave 6
Gazetted 14 March 1882
VC Presented 23 August 1882, Viceroy Curragh, Ireland
Memorials
P Headstone, Milton Cemetery, Milton Road, Milton, Portsmouth, Hampshire
By The Way…
For many years he was incorrectly believed to be buried in the Curragh Military Cemetery outside Dublin
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
