SHERSTON – JOHN
| Born: 1857/07/00 Rank: LIEUT.COL. Regiment: RIFLE BRIGADE GPS: S28°09.337 E30°15.608 |
Reason for death: KILLED IA Place of death: DUNDEE -TALANA HILL Date of death: 1899/10/20 Memorial: DUNDEE – TALANA MUSEUM |
Medal:
LIEUT.-COL SHERSTON SERVED AS A BRIGADE-MAJOR IN BURMA 1886-1887 WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES AND AWARDED THE D.S.O. (SOURCE – DOONER).
Note:
THE THE REV. GERARD CHILTON BAILEY WAS ANGLICAN VICAR OF THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES, IN DUNDEE, DURING THE BOER
OCCUPATION FROM 23RD OCTOBER 1899 TO 16TH MAY 1900. REV. BAILEY KEPT A DIARY RECORD OF THE TIME WHEN THE
TOWN WAS OCCUPIED BY THE BOERS. HIS JOURNAL “SEVEN MONTHS UNDER BOER RULE” WAS
RE-PUBLISHED IN 2015. THE FOLLOWING IS EXTRACTED FROM HIS JOURNAL;
“I MIGHT AS WELL TELL YOU NOW ABOUT THE OTHER BURIALS. ON OCTOBER 25TH FATHER MURRAY AND I BURIED THOSE BODIES WHICH WERE TO HAVE BEEN BURIED ON THE DAY FOLLOWING THE BATTLE. THESE BODIES WERE LAID TO REST IN A SMALL GRAVEYARD OF THE SMITH FAMILY, WHICH IS IN A WOOD, AND A LITTLE HIGHER UP THE HILL THAN THE FARMHOUSE. THERE WERE THIRTY FIVE IN ALL AND SEVEN OFFICERS. THEY WERE PLACED IN FOUR LARGE GRAVES. THE OFFICERS WHO WERE PLACED IN ONE GRAVE WERE COLONELS SHERSTON AND GUNNING, CAPTAIN PECHEL,LIEUTENANTS BARNETT, TAYLOR, HILL AND HAMBRO”.
