John Francis David Shaul | |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1873 |
Death Date: | 14 September 1953 (aged 80) |
Birth Place: | King's Lynn, Norfolk |
Death Place: | Boksburg, South Africa |
Placeofburial: | Old Cemetery Boksburg |
Allegiance: | |
Branch: | British Army South African Army |
Serviceyears: | 1888 - 1909 (UK) 1915 - 1916 (South Africa) |
Rank: | Corporal |
Unit: | Highland Light Infantry Imperial Light Horse 5th South African Infantry |
Battles: | 1898 Occupation of Crete Second Boer War World War I |
Awards: | Victoria Cross |
John Francis David Shaul VC (11 September 1873 – 14 September 1953) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Shaul was 26 years old, and a corporal in the Band of the 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at the Battle of Magersfontein for which he was awarded the VC.
He later achieved the rank of Sergeant Bugler (a Bandsman in charge of the Bugle Platoon) in the British Army and served in the South African Army in World War I as a Bandmaster. John Shaul is the only former pupil from the Duke of York's Royal Military School to have been awarded the Victoria Cross. The medal is in the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection.