And how many Irish VC winners are there? including those serving in non irish Regiments
2007-12-01 01:47:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The first Victoria Cross ever was won by an Irishman, Charles Davis Lucas, who later became an admiral.
Mate Charles Davis LUCAS (1st man to win VC)
Born on 19th February 1834 at Drumargole, Armagh.
Charles Davis Lucas
Mate (later rising to Rear Admiral) in the Royal Navy
The first act of bravery to win the Victoria Cross medal was undertaken by a Tunbridge Wells resident, Charles Lucas.
Lucas received his medal from Queen Victoria on 26 June 1857. On 21 June 1854, during the Crimean War, Lucas was serving aboard HMS Hecla in the Baltic Sea.
During the bombardment of a Russian fort, a live shell, with its fuse still hissing, landed on the deck. Lucas
saved many lives by seizing the shell and throwing it into the sea, where it exploded just before hitting the water.
Due to his action, no one was seriously injured. Lucas was promoted to Lieutenant on the spot by his commanding officer.
He died in Tunbridge Wells at the age of 80. Lucas’s house, Great Culverden, was on the site now occupied by the Kent and Sussex Hospital.
2007-12-01 03:20:32 · answer #1 · answered by conranger1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There were 3 who it is claimed to be the first Irishmen to win the VC. Commander Henry Raby, by virtue of his rank was the first to physically receive the Cross on 26 June 1957. Midshipman Charles Lucas is the first to have been acknowledged as being the first to be recognized as "earning" (for a lack of a better word), and Lieutenant Cecil Buckley is the first to be published in the London Gazette as "earning" the Cross, 24 February 1857.
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2016-12-17 03:32:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋