John Ross (VC)

John Ross VC (1822 23 October 1879) was a Scottish 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.

John Ross
John Ross VC
Born1822
Inch, Scotland
Died23 October 1879 (aged 5657)
London, England
Buried
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankSergeant
UnitRoyal Sappers and Miners
Battles/warsCrimean War
Awards

Details

Ross was about 33 years old, and serving as a corporal in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army, in the Crimean War, when he undertook the actions for which he later was awarded the VC.

On 21 July 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimean Peninsula, Corporal Ross went out at night in charge of a working party of 200 men each carrying an entrenching tool and a gabion, and before morning they had connected the 4th parallel right attack with an old Russian rifle-pit in front. On 23 August the corporal was in charge of the advance from the 5th parallel right attack on the Redan in placing and filling 25 gabions under a very heavy fire. Again, on 8 September he crept up to the Redan at night and returned to report its evacuation, bringing with him a wounded man.[1]

He later achieved the rank of sergeant.

Victoria Cross medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, Kent.

References

  1. "No. 21971". The London Gazette. 24 February 1857. p. 656.
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