Jacob Thomas (VC)

Jacob Thomas VC (February 1833 – 3 March 1911)[1] was a Welsh 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.

Jacob Thomas
BornFebruary 1833
Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire
Died3 March 1911 (aged 78)
Hooghly, British India
Buried
Bandel Churchyard, Hooghly
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branchBengal Army
RankQuartermaster-Sergeant
UnitBengal Artillery
Battles/warsIndian Mutiny
AwardsVictoria Cross

Details

Thomas was about 24 years old, and a bombardier in the Bengal Artillery, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 27 September 1857 at the Siege of Lucknow, British India for which he was awarded the VC:

For distinguished gallantry at Lucknow on the 27th September, 1857, in having brought off on his back, under a heavy fire, under circumstances of considerable difficulty, a wounded soldier of the Madras Fusiliers, when the party to which he was attached was returning to the Residency from a sortie, whereby he saved him from falling into the hands of the enemy.[2]

Further information

He later achieved the rank of quartermaster-sergeant. He was born in Llanwinio near Carmarthen and died near Darjeeling aged 77.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, England.

gollark: You might have to contend with running out of usable energy in 10^lots years or something, I suppose.
gollark: The inevitable end point of "no growth/no new stuff/etc" is just "society runs through all available resources, can't get more, dies out" or maybe "natural disaster occurs and limited economic/technological resources don't allow dealing with it well".
gollark: This is why I don't like the "zero-growth" people, as well as the various other reasons.
gollark: > basic reading comprehension: surprisingly uncommonIndeed. People often just treat information related to computers or general technical stuff they don't know much about as utterly unfathomable, when it... isn't.
gollark: Servers generally ship in convenient rackable form factors, as do some network switches and stuff.

References
  1. Max Arthur (2005). Symbol of Courage: The Men Behind the Medal. Pan Macmillan. p. 680. ISBN 978-0-330-49133-4.
  2. "No. 22212". The London Gazette. 24 December 1858. p. 5519.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.