Thursday, September 8

Notification: Victoria Cross: Captain Gronow Davis, RA, on 8 September ... @ Thu 8 Sept 2022 16:00 - 17:00 (EEST) (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Captain Gronow Davis, RA, on 8 September 1855, commanded the spiking party in the attack on the Redan with great coolness and gallantry. Afterwards he saved the life of a lieutenant of the 39th Regiment of Foot by jumping over the parapet of a sap and going some distance across the open, under murderous fire, to help carry the wounded man to cover. He also carried several other wounded soldiers to safety.
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