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Lieutenant Reginald Clare HART VC |
| Born: | Co. Clare, Ireland - 11 June 1848 | 
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| Died: | Bournemouth, Dorset, England19 October 1931 | ||
| Burial details: | Netherbury Churchyard Cemetery, Dorset. | ||
| Corps service: | Before he was commissioned into the Corps in January
1869 he had been awarded the Royal Humane Society's silver medal for
rescuing a drowning Frenchman in Boulogne harbour. Early in his career
he was posted to India where spent some years as an instructor. Although
he did not serve in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) in 1907 he was
appointed Commander of Cape Colony. In 1914 he was Commander-in-Chief
of the forces in Guernsey and Alderney. Retired as General Sir Reginald Hart VC, GCB, KCVO |
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| VC awarded: | Won VC in the Bazar Valley, Afghanistan, on 31 January 1879 (Second Afghan War -1878-80). | ||
| VC unit: | Royal Engineers attached. | ||
| VC presented: | VC presented by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 9 December 1879. | ||
| VC citation: | For his gallant conduct in risking his own life in endeavouring
to save the life of a private soldier. The Lieutenant-General [Sir
Sam Browne] commanding the 2nd Division, Peshawar Field Force,
reports that on convoy duty with that Force on the 31 January 1879,
Lieutenant Hart of the Royal Engineers took the initiative in running
some 1,200 yards to the rescue of a wounded Sowar of the 13th Bengal
Lancers in a river-bed exposed to the fire of the enemy, of unknown
strength, from both flanks, and also from a party in the river-bed.
Lieutenant Hart reached the wounded Sowar, drove off the enemy and
brought him under cover with the aid of some soldiers who accompanied
him on the way (London Gazette: 6 June 1879) |
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| VC location: | Privately held | ||
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