Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Ireland, he was 37 years old and a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, British Army during the South African War (Boer War) when he was awarded the VC. On January 6, 1900, at Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, South Africa, he was commanding one of the three companies of his regiment which captured a position held by the enemy. The companies were then exposed to very heavy fire from the right and left front, so he undertook to get a message to the Imperial Light Horse, to fire to the left front in order to check the enemy's fire. To do this he had to cross an open space of 100 yards swept by heavy cross-fire, and although wounded in both thighs, he managed to deliver his message before falling, exhausted. After the battle, he transferred to the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment as a Major in 1911 and retired in 1912. In 1914, at the start of World War I, he returned to the Army as a Deputy Director of Railway Transport. He died at Waterlooville, Hampshire, England, at the age of 73. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Military Museum of Devon and Dorset (Dorchester, Dorset, England).
Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Ireland, he was 37 years old and a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, British Army during the South African War (Boer War) when he was awarded the VC. On January 6, 1900, at Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, South Africa, he was commanding one of the three companies of his regiment which captured a position held by the enemy. The companies were then exposed to very heavy fire from the right and left front, so he undertook to get a message to the Imperial Light Horse, to fire to the left front in order to check the enemy's fire. To do this he had to cross an open space of 100 yards swept by heavy cross-fire, and although wounded in both thighs, he managed to deliver his message before falling, exhausted. After the battle, he transferred to the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment as a Major in 1911 and retired in 1912. In 1914, at the start of World War I, he returned to the Army as a Deputy Director of Railway Transport. He died at Waterlooville, Hampshire, England, at the age of 73. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Military Museum of Devon and Dorset (Dorchester, Dorset, England).
Bio by: Graham J Parsons
Gravesite Details
Grave is to be found about 100 yards from the main entrance on the left hand side
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