Monday, 4 June 2007

Andrew Henry V.C.




Captain Andrew Henry V.C., Royal Garrison Artillery, died at the Royal Citadel in Plymouth 14th. October 1870.

He received the second Victoria Cross awarded to the Royal Regiment of Artillery for successfully defending his gun at the battle of Inkerman against heavy odds . Although severely wounded for this action he was also commissioned in the field.

Ford Park, Plymouth.

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