Saturday, November 5

Notification: Victoria Cross: Nov 5, 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Pr... @ Sat 5 Nov 2022 14:00 - 14:30 (EET) (On This Day)

Victoria Cross: Nov 5, 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Private Anthony Palmer, Grenadier Guards, with two other men were the first to volunteer to go with Brevet Major Sir Charles Russell to dislodge a party of Russians from the Sandbag Battery. The attack succeeded. During this action Private Palmer shot down an assailant who was in the act of bayoneting Russell, and so saved his life. He was also one of a small band which, by a desperate charge against overwhelming numbers, saved the Colours of the battalion from capture.
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