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VC442 John David Francis Shaul
BORN 11 September 1873
DIED 14 September 1953 AGE 80
VC Won 11 December 1899 AGE 26
Place VC Won Battle of Magersfontein
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name John David Francis Shaul No.
VC Issue No. 442 Awards VC
Regiment Highland Light Infantry
Later Royal Highland Fusiliers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Bugle Major
Place Of Birth King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Place Of Death Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Old Cemetery, Commissioner Street, Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 28 September 1900
VC Presented 11 August 1901, Duke of York (later King George V), Natal, South Africa
Memorials
Headstone, Old Cemetery, Commissioner Street, Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa
By The Way…
When he left the army, he returned and settled in South Africa
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
