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Philip Smith (VC)
Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Philip Smith (VC)

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Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Lurgan
Place of death
Dublin
Age
80 years
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Philip Smith VC was born in Lurgan, County Armagh in 1829. He died in Dublin on 16 January 1906. He was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Depiction of The Battle of Sebastopol

He was 26 old, and a corporal in the 17th Regiment (later the Leicestershire Regiment), British Army during the Siege of Sebastopol in the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

For repeatedly going out in the front of the advanced trenches against the Great Redan, on the 18th June, 1855, under a very heavy fire, after the column had retired from the assault, and bringing in wounded comrades.

Further information

Having achieved the rank of lance sergeant, he was later reduced to the ranks and when discharged he was a private. He died at Harolds Cross, Dublin on 16 January 1906 and was buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment now housed in the Newarke Houses Museum, Leicester, England.

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