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Corporal John ROSS VC |
| Born: | Inch, Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland - 1822 |  Corporal John Ross VC investigation of the evacuated Redan - artist impression |
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| Died: | London - 23 October 1879 | ||
| Burial details: | Finchley Cemetery London (Block 2, Section 1, No 9765) | ||
| Corps service: | Enlisted into the Royal Sappers and Miners when he was 21 years old (c1843), he was a stone mason by trade. He served 13 years with the Colours, six of which were in Gibraltar prior to being sent to the Crimea. He was discharged from the Royal Engineers as a sergeant in April 1867 and may have afterwards worked at Pentonville Prison. | ||
| VC awarded: | Won VC at Sebastopol on 21 July 1855. (Crimean War 1854-56) | ||
| VC unit: | 2 Company, Royal Sappers and Miners. | ||
| VC presented: | VC presented by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, on 26 June 1857. | ||
| VC citation: | Distinguished conduct 21 July 1855, in connecting the
4th Parallel Right Attack with old Russian Rifle-Pit in front. Extremely
creditable conduct on 23 August 1855, in charge of the advance from
5th Parallel Right Attack on the Redan, in placing and filling 25
gabions under a very heavy fire whilst annoyed by the presence of
light balls Intrepid and devoted conduct in creeping to the Redan in the night of 8 September 1855, and reporting its evacuation, on which its occupation by the English took place. (London Gazette: 24 February 1857) |
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| VC location: | Royal Engineers Museum | ||
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