Uncommon Valour by Granville Allen Mawer
Author:Granville Allen Mawer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / Military / General
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Chapter 15
Irrespective of Rank
Although the Victoria Cross was created explicitly to reward valour regardless of rank, there was from the beginning a reluctance to award it to commanding officers. It was not a question of such officers being remote from situations where valour might be displayed. During the Persian War of 1856–7 Captain John Forbes led his 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry from the front. At Khoosh-ab the regiment performed the remarkable feat of breaking into and destroying an infantry square. Lieutenant Arthur Moore had jumped his horse over the enemy bayonets. The horse fell dead, breaking Moore’s sword, and he would have been killed had not Lieutenant John Malcolmson also broken in and carried the dismounted man away at his stirrup.
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