Place Of Death Swartkops River, near Grahamstown, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes St Mary's Cemetery, Valley Road, South End, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 20 November 1857
VC Presented 21 November 1857, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
Headstone, St Mary's Cemetery, Valley Road, South End, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
By The Way…
Whilst en route to Grahamstown he suddenly plunged into the river, cutting his throat and drowned, inquest returned verdict of suicide
VC Held By
Scots Guards, Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London, England
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He left the trenches under heavy fire to look for a captain of his regiment. With the assistance of a drummer, he found and recovered the body but in doing so was wounded
