Victoria Cross Holder Graves in Johannesburg and Environs

I have seen 2 Victoria Cross holder graves during my travels in the various cemeteries in and around Johannesburg, I know there are more, I just havent found them as yet. Hopefully one day I will find more, but thats something to look at as a long term goal. I am also happy to include VC holders graves that anybody else has found, if you have a photograph of one please contact me via the Contact Page. Images open in a new window

Capt. Oswald Austin Reid. VC. 02/11/1893 - 27/10/1920 Braamfontein Cemetery	Capt. David Reginald Younger. VC. 11 July 1900 Krugersdorp Old Cemetery
John Francis David Shaul. VC. 13 September 1953 Boksburg Cemetery Photo courtesy of Terry Cawood	FlLt. A.F.W. Beauchamp-Proctor. VC. 21 June 1921 Mafikeng Cemetery Photo Courtesy of Terry Cawood
Lt. Fred H.S. Roberts. VC. 15 December 1899 Near Colenso Photo Courtesy of Tony Wood	Lt. Fred H.S. Roberts. VC. 15 December 1899 Grave site photo Courtesy of Eric Leach
Col. Edmund Hartley. VC. 20 March 1919 Brookwood Cemetery; Surrey, England. Photo Courtesy of Kevin Brazier	Lt Col. John 'Bomb' Sherwood-Kelly. VC. 18 August 1931 Brookwood Cemetery; Surrey, England. Photo Courtesy of Kevin Brazier
Asst. Commissary James Langley Dalton VC. 08 Jan 1887 Russell Road RC Cemetery. Photo Courtesy of Glenn Olsen	Capt. The Hon R.H. de Montmorency VC. 02 Sept 1898 Molteno. Photo Courtesy of Eric Leach
Capt. CH Mullins. VC. 23 May 1916 Grahamstown Old Cemetery Photo Courtesy of Eric Leach

VC holders buried in South Africa and world wide.

South African VC burial information kindly supplied by Kevin Brazier. Author of The Complete Victoria Cross. Published by Pen & Sword

21. Lance Sergeant JOSEPH MALONE, 25th October 1854, buried St. Andrew's Churchyard, Pinetown, Natal, South Africa. VC location, 13th/18th Hussar's Museum, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England.
36. Lieutenant FREDERICK MILLER, 5th November 1854, buried Ossuary Garden of Remembrance, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. VC location, not publicly held.
97. Colour Sergeant JAMES CRAIG, 6th September 1855, buried St. Mary's Cemetery, Valley Road, South End, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. VC location, Scot's Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London, England.
153. Lieutenant JOSEPH CROWE, 12th August 1857, buried Old Anglican Cemetery; Old Moths Section, Grave 132/133, near Garden of Remembrance. Uitenhage, South Africa. VC location, destroyed in a fire at his sister's farm, it is not known if an official replacement was issued.
302. Private THOMAS LANE, 21st August 1860, buried Gladstone Cemetery; RC Section, Row 4, Grave 23. Kimberley, South Africa. VC location, Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
332. Private WILLIAM GRIFFITHS, 7th May 1867, buried in unmarked mass grave, Isandlwana, Natal, South Africa. VC location, South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon, Wales.
345. Lt TEIGNMOUTH MELVILL, 22nd January 1879, buried with Lieutenant Nevill Coghill, Fugitive's Drift, below Itchiane Hill, South Africa. VC location, South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon, Wales.
346. Lieutenant NEVILL COGHILL, 22nd January 1879, buried with Adjutant Teignmouth Melvill, Fugitive's Drift, below Itchiane Hill, South Africa. VC location, South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon, Wales.
351. Assistant Commissary JAMES DALTON, 22nd/23rd January 1879, buried Russell Road RC Cemetery; Plot E. Port Elizabeth, South Africa. VC location, RLC Museum, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey, England.
368. Sergeant ROBERT SCOTT, 8th April 1879, buried Plumstead Cemetery; Allotment EA, Grave 88. Wynberg, South Africa. VC location, Manchester Regiment Museum, The Town Hall, Ashton-under-Lyne, England.
371. Surgeon Major EDMUND HARTLEY, 5th June 1879, buried Brookwood Cemetery; St. Judes Avenue, Plot 2, Grave 193293. Cemetery Pales, Woking, Surrey, England. VC location, Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett, Surrey, England. 373. Captain HENRY D'ARCY, 3rd July 1879, buried King William's Town Cemetery; Section D, Grave 32-33, family plot. Cape Province, South Africa. VC location, not publicly held.
374. Sergeant EDMUND O'TOOLE, 3rd July 1879, no known grave, died in Harare, Salisbury, Zimbabwe. VC location, not publicly held.
381. Lieutenant WILLIAM DICK-CUNYNGHAM, 13th December 1879, buried Ladysmith Cemetery, Natal, South Africa. VC location, Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland.
389. Surgeon JOHN McCREA, 14th January 1881, buried Kokstad Cemetery, Tanskei District, Cape Province, South Africa. VC location, The Ashcroft Collection.
391. Trooper JOHN DANAHER (or DANAGHER), 16th January 1881, buried Milton Cemetery; Plot M, Row 1, Grave 6. Milton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. VC location, National Army Museum, London, England.
429. Lieutenant RAYMOND de MONTMORENCY, 2nd September 1898, buried Molteno Cemetery, near Dordrecht, South Africa. VC location, not publicly held.
436. Captain CHARLES MULLINS, 21st October 1899, buried Grahamstown Old Cemetery, South Africa. VC location, Imperial War Museum, London, England.
446. Lieutenant FREDERICK ROBERTS, 15th December 1899, buried Chievely War Cemetery; Plot 136. South Africa. VC location, National Army Museum, London, England.
449. Sergeant HORACE MARTINEAU, 26th December 1899, buried Andersons Bay Soldiers' Cemetery; Returned Serviceman's Area, Block 73, Plot 16. Dunedin, New Zealand. VC location, The Ashcroft Collection.
450. Trooper HORACE RAMSDEN, 26th December 1899, cremated at The Maitland Crematorium, Woltemade, Cape Town, South Africa. VC location, The Ashcroft Collection.
454. Trooper HERMAN ALBRECHT, 6th January 1900, buried in mass grave, Waggon Hill Cemetery, South Africa. VC location, Museum of Military History, Johannesburg, South Africa.
457. Lieutenant FRANCIS PARSONS, 18th February 1900, buried Driefontein Cemetery; an isolated grave on the battlefield. Orange Free State, South Africa. VC location, Essex Regiment Museum, Chelmsford, Essex, England.
468. Driver HORACE GLASOCK, 31st March 1900, buried Maitland Road No. 4 Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa. VC location, The Ashcroft Collection.
478. Captain DAVID YOUNGER, 11th July 1900, buried Krugersdorp Cemetery, Halgryn Street, Krugersdorp, South Africa. VC location, not publicly held.
497. Private JOHN BARRY, 7th/8th January 1901, buried Belfast Cemetery, East of Johannesburg, South Africa. VC location, The Ashcroft Collection.
500. Corporal JOHN CLEMENTS, 24th February 1901, buried Town Cemetery; Dutch Reform Section. Newcastle. South Africa. VC location, The Ashcroft Collection.
558. Bandsman THOMAS RENDLE, 20th November 1914, buried Maitland Road No. 1 Cemetery; Family Plot No. 24598. Cape Town, South Africa. VC location, Duke of Cornwell's Light Infantry Museum, Bodmin, Cornwell, England.
731. Private WILLIAM FAULDS, 18th July 1916, buried Pioneer Cemetery, Remembrance Drive, Harare, Zimbabwe. VC location, unknown, medal stolen from National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1994.
746. Captain WILLIAM BLOOMFIELD (born BROOMFIELD), 24th August 1916, buried Ermelo Cemetery, Ousthuizen Street, Transvaal, South Africa. VC location, with recipient's family.
783. Captain OSWALD REID, 8th to 10th March 1917, buried Braamfontein Cemetery; Section EC, Plot 22932. Johannesburg, South Africa. VC location, Museum of Military History, Johannesburg, South Africa.
844. Second Lieutenant DENNIS HEWITT, 31st July 1917, no known grave, killed near St-Julien, Ypres, Belgium. VC location, not publicly held.
891. Captain CLEMENT ROBERTSON, 4th October 1917, buried Oxford Road Cemetery; Plot III, Row F, Grave 7. Near Ypres, Belgium. VC location, not publicly held.
919. Acting Lieutenant Colonel JOHN 'BOMB' SHERWOOD-KELLY, 20th November 1917, buried Brookwood Cemetery; Block 86, Grave 196296. Cemetery Pales, Woking, Surrey, England. VC location, National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg, South Africa.
955. Acting Captain REGINALD HAYWARD, 21st/22nd March 1918, ashes scattered at Putney Vale Crematorium; Garden of Remembrance. Stag Lane, London, England. VC location, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment Museum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
1029. Acting Captain ANDREW BEAUCHAMP-PROCTOR (born PROCTOR), 8th August to 8th October 1918, buried Mafeking Cemetery; European Section, Grave 1050-2. South Africa. VC location, not publicly held.
1108. Temporary Lieutenant ROBERT GORLE, 1st October 1918, buried Stella Wood Cemetery; Section K, Grave 144. Durban, Natal, South Africa. VC location, The Ashcroft Collection.
1217. Sergeant QUENTIN SMYTHE, 5th June 1942, ashes buried on his farm, Nottingham Road, Natal, South Africa. VC location, original unknown, the official replacement is in The Ashcroft Collection.
1293. Lieutenant GERARD NORTON, 31st August 1944, burial location unknown, died in Harare, Salisbury, Zimbabwe. VC location, not publicly held.
1316. Acting Major EDWIN SWALES, 23rd February 1945, buried Leopoldsburg War Cemetery; Plot VIII, Row C, Grave 5. Limburg, Holland. VC location, National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg, South Africa.

© DR Walker 2008-2010. Updated 06 February 2010
Photo of the graves of JFD Shaul and Flight Lt A.F.W. Beauchamp-Proctor. VC. by Terry Cawood,
Photo of Fred Roberts memorial by Tony Wood. Photo of Edwin Swales grave courtesy of Jim Mandelblatt. Photo of John Sherwood-Kelly and Edmund Hartley graves courtesy of Kevin Brazier. Photo of James Dalton grave courtesy of Glenn Olsen. Photo of CH Mullins, F Roberts and R.H. de Montmorency graves courtesy of Eric Leach.
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