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24th May 1906 |
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Ohio, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia J. Smith 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.
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He was approx. 35 years old, and a Private in the 1st Madras Fusiliers (later the Royal Dublin Fusiliers), Indian Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 16 November 1857 at Lucknow, India, Private Smith was one of the first to enter Secundra Bagh when the gateway on the north side had been burst open. He was immediately surrounded by the enemy but notwithstanding the fact that he received a sword cut on the head, a bayonet wound on the left side and bruising from the butt-end of a musket, he fought his way out and continued to perform his duties for the rest of the day.
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Elected by the regiment.
The medal
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Reference
- Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
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