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Private John PERIE VC |
| Born: | Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - August 1829 | 
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| Died: | Aberdeen, Scotland - 17 September 1874 | ||
| Burial details: | St Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen (Plot I or J/43) | ||
| Corps service: | He initially enlisted into the Royal Artillery in January 1848, but transferred to the Royal Sappers and Miners in April (1848). After the Crimea Perie saw service in China with 8 Company and took part in the capture of Hankow and the attack on the forts of Peiho. He was discharge in 1860 and settled in Aberdeen, sadly he and his family fell on hard-times and he became seriously ill. Private Perie also held the Médaille Militaire of France | ||
| VC awarded: | Won VC at Sebastopol on 18 June 1855. (Crimean War 1854-56) | ||
| VC unit: | 8 Company Royal Sappers and Miners. | ||
| VC presented: | VC prsented by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London on 26 June 1857 | ||
| VC citation: | Conspicuous valour in leading the sailors with the ladders
to the storming of the Redan on 18 June 1855. He was invaluable on
that day. Devoted conduct in rescuing a wounded man from the open,
although he himself had just previously been wounded by a bullet in
his side. (London Gazette: 24 February 1857) |
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| VC location: | Royal Engineers Museum | ||
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Additional material: SC Fenwick, FoREM Links to further reading:
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