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John Rouse Merriott Chard (21 December 1847- 1 November 1897) was a British 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 was in command of the supply depot at Rorkes Drift when it was attacked by Zulus during the Anglo-Zulu War, having previously served in Bermuda and Malta. After the battle he was immediately promoted to captain and then brevet major. He commanded the Royal Engineers detachment at Singapore as a lieutenant colonel from 1892 until 1896 and was made a colonel in 1897 when he was due to be posted to Perth, Scotland. However he became ill with cancer of the tongue and died at Hatch-Beauchamp, near Taunton.
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