Fifty Great Heroes: 1-25 -- The Telegraph
Lord Ashcroft tells the stories of 50 military heroes who were awarded the Victoria Cross, the ultimate decoration in Britain and the Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy.
1) Howard Elphinstone, Victoria Cross
Lieutenant Howard Elphinstone, whose courage on the battlefield was matched by his charm as a courtier, was awarded the VC for bravery in the Crimean War. Even en route to the war zone, he was involved in the courageous rescue of four drunken sailors from the sea.
Elphinstone had landed at Balaclava, aged 24, in September 1854 and was twice mentioned in dispatches for his courage later that year. It was, however, for gallantry during the assault on Sebastopol that Elphinstone received his VC.
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