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VC473 John Frederick Mackay
BORN 21 July 1873
DIED 9 January 1930 AGE 56
VC Won 20 May 1900 AGE 26
Place VC Won Crow’s Nest Hill Johannesburg
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name John Frederick Mackay No.
VC Issue No. 473 Awards VC
Regiment Gordon Highlanders
Later The Highlanders
Now 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Lance-Corporal
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Place Of Death At his home, 31 Rue Villers, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Buried/Location Ashes CimetiΦre de Caucade, 1 Avenue Sainte Marguerite, 06000 Nice, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. 4me AllΘe, CarrΘ 42, C.A.P No. 15608
Gazetted 10 August 1900
VC Presented 25 October 1900 by the Commander in Chief, South Africa, Lord Roberts VC at Pretoria, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, CimetiΦre de Caucade, 1 Avenue Sainte Marguerite, 06000 Nice, France
By The Way…
Name shown as McKay in some records
VC Held By
Gordon Highlanders Museum, St Luke's, Viewfield Road, Aberdeen, Scotland
