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Name: David Bell  
   
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Date of Birth: 17th April 1954
   
Place of Birth: Middletown, Ohio, USA
   
Profession: Composer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Please refer to David Bell (baseball) for the Major League Baseball player, and to David Bell (television) for the entertainment producer/director.


David Bell was an Irish 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.

He was approximately 22 years old, and a Private in the 2nd Bn., 24th Regiment of Foot (later The South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Andaman Islands Expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 7 May 1867 at the island of Little Andaman, eastern India, in the Bay of Bengal, Private Bell was one of a party of five (the others being James Cooper, Campbell Mellis Douglas, William Griffiths and Thomas Murphy) of the 2/24th Regiment, who risked their lives in manning a boat and proceeding through dangerous surf to rescue some of their comrades who had been sent to the island to find out the fate of the commander and seven of the crew, who had landed from the ship Assam Valley and were feared murdered by the cannibalistic islanders.

VC not awarded for bravery in action against the enemy, but for bravery at sea in saving life in storm off Andaman Islands. He later achieved the rank of Sergeant.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the South Wales Borderers Museum (Brecon, Powys, Wales).

Reference

  • Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
  • Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
  • The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.

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