Nevill Maskelyne Smyth
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Nevill Maskelyne Smyth (VC, KCB, Croix de Guerre (Belgium), Legion d'Honneur (France)) was an English 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 30 years old, and a Captain in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), British Army during the Sudan Campaign when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 2 September 1898 at the Battle of Khartoum, Sudan, Captain Smyth galloped forward and attacked an Arab who had run amok among some War Correspondents. Captain Smyth received the Arab's charge, and killed him, being wounded in the arm while doing so, but he saved the life of at least one of the War Correspondents.
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Sir Nevill served in the First World War 1914-18. He later achieved the rank of Major General.
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His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Queen's Dragoon Guards Regimental Museum (Cardiff, Wales, Wales).
[edit] References
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.
