Victoria Cross: July 3, 1855, Ordinary Seaman Joseph Trewavas of HMS Beagle. In the Straits of Genitchi, Sea of Azov, Seaman Trewavas was sent in a 4-oared gig to destroy a bridge, and so cut the Russians' main supply route. This was the third attempt, the first two having failed. As the gig ground against the bridge, Seaman Trewavas leapt out with an axe and began to hew away at the hawsers holding the pontoons together, and although the enemy kept up a heavy fire, particularly on Trewavas himself, he continued until his task was completed, and the two severed ends of the pontoon began to drift apart. He was wounded as he got back into the gig.
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Sunday, July 3
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July 3, 1884, former Assistant Surgeon in HMS Britannia and the Naval Brigade, Inspector General of Her Majesty's Hospitals & Fleets Ahmuty Irwin, CB, LRCS (Ireland) died at Southsea, aged about 57.
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July 2, 1853, the Russian army crossed the Pruth River into Moldavia (Romania).
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July 1st, 1855, General Sir James Simpson was appointed to the command of the British army in the Crimea.
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