Lord Henry Percy

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Lieutenant-General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy VC KCB (22 August 1817–3 December 1877) 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.

Percy was the fourth child of George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland.

He was 37 years old, and a Colonel in the 3rd Bn., Grenadier Guards, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 5 November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea, Colonel Percy was with a number of men from various regiments who had charged too far, were nearly surrounded by the enemy and without ammunition. Although wounded, the colonel extricated some 50 of the men passing under heavy fire from the enemy and bringing them to a place of safety, where they obtained fresh ammunition and were able to continue fighting.

He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant General.