Colonel John Rouse Merriott Chard VC (21 December 1847 – 1 November 1897) was an English soldier who won the Victoria Cross for his role in the defence of Rorke's Drift in 1879. He was born at Boxhill, near Plymouth and had two brothers and four sisters. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1868 and served in Bermuda and Malta before being sent to South Africa. Wikipedia
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