Victoria Cross: first citation for Corporal John Simpson Knox, Scots Fusilier Guards, at the Battle of the Alma. Also, on 18 June 1855, Knox volunteered for the ladder party in the attack on the Redan, an attempt to finish the Siege of Sevastopol, he was struck by a Russian cannon ball, removing part of his left arm. His actions that day also contributed toward his receiving the VC
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