Reginald Clare Hart
Reginald Clare Hart (VC, GCB, KCVO, Royal Humane Society's Silver Medal) was an Irish 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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Educated at Cheltenham College. He was 30 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army during the Second Afghan War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 31 January 1879 in the Bazar Valley, Afghanistan, Lieutenant Hart, while on convoy duty, ran some 1,200 yards to the rescue of a wounded sowar of the 13th Bengal Lancers, lying in a river bed exposed to the fire of the enemy on all sides. He reached the wounded man, drove off the enemy and with the help of some soldiers who had accompanied him, carried the casualty to safety.
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He later achieved the rank of General.
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Reference
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
- Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- The Sapper VCs (Gerald Napier, 1998)
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This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.