Edgar Inkson
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Edgar Thomas Inkson
VC DSO
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| Born | 5 April 1872 Nainital, British India |
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Woking Crematorium
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
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 British Army |
| Years of service | 1899 - 1917 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Royal Army Medical Corps |
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Colonel Edgar Thomas Inkson VC DSO (5 April 1872 – 19 February 1947) was a 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.
Victoria Cross
Inkson was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, attached to The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 24 February 1900, at Hart's Hill, Colenso, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC:
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On the 24th February, 1900, Lieutenant Inkson carried Second Lieutenant Devenish (who was severely wounded and unable to walk) for three or four hundred yards under a very heavy fire to a place of safety. The ground over which Lieutenant Inkson had to move was much exposed, there being no cover available.[1]
He was promoted to Captain while still serving in South Africa. Captain Inkson personally received the decoration by King Edward VII during an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 12 May 1902.[2]
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum, Aldershot, England.
Later career
He later achieved the rank of colonel after serving in the First World War.
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27266. p. 5086. 15 January 1901. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
- ↑ "The King´s Levée and Investiture" The Times (London). Tuesday, 13 May 1902. (36766), p. 11.
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (Woking Crematorium)
- Colonel E.T. Inkson
- The Brookwood Cemetery Society (Known Holders of the Victoria Cross Commemorated in Brookwood Cemetery)
- Angloboerwar.com
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- Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- 1872 births
- 1947 deaths
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Burials at Brookwood Cemetery
- People from Nainital
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
