Nevill Maskelyne Smyth

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Nevill Maskelyne Smyth VC KCB Croix de Guerre (Belgium), Legion d'Honneur (France)) (14 August 1868–21 July 1941) 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.

Contents 1 Details 2 Further information 3 The medal 4 References

[edit] Details

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 Omdurman, Sudan, Captain Smyth galloped forward and attacked an enemy combatant who had run amok among some War Correspondents. Captain Smyth received the rebel'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.

[edit] Further information

Sir Nevill served in the First World War 1914–18. He later achieved the rank of Major General.

[edit] The medal

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)