Victoria Cross: second of three citations for Corporal William James Lendrim, Royal Sappers and Miners. On April 11, 1855, he got on top of a magazine under fire, and extinguished burning sandbags, making good the breach.
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Sunday, April 11
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April 11, 1855, the morning in the Crimea was foggy with light rain. Allied fire opened again at daylight.
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Saturday, April 10
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Victoria Cross: citation for Boatswain's Mate John Sullivan of the Naval Brigade who, 1855, as captain of one of the guns at Greenhill Battery, volunteered to place a flagstaff on a mound to act as an aiming point. He carried out this dangerous task undeterred by continuous fire from enemy sharpshooters, and his action enabled the battery to open fire on hitherto concealed enemy guns which were doing great damage to some of the advanced works.
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April 10, 1855, the fire re-opened from all the batteries, as on the day previous day, at daylight. The Russians replied with considerable vigour.
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