Howard Craufurd Elphinstone
- Howard Craufurd Elphinstone
Major General Howard Craufurd Elphinstone VC KCB CMG CB (12 December 1829 - 8 March 1890) was a 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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He was 25 years old, and a lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 18 June 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimea, on the night following the unsuccessful attack on the Redan, Lieutenant Elphinstone commanded a party of volunteers who searched for the scaling ladders left behind after the repulse. While performing this task he also conducted a search close to the enemy for wounded men, 20 of whom he rescued and took back to the trenches.
Further information
He later achieved the rank of Major General.
References
*Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
*The Sapper VCs (Gerald Napier, 1998)
*The Queen's Knight (Martyn Downer, 2007)
External links
* [http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_vc.htm#1e Royal Engineers Museum] Sappers VCs
* [http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_elphinstone.htm Royal Engineers Museum] A More Detailed Description
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