Bell, David b. 1845 d. March 7, 1920 Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in County Down, Ireland, he served as a Private in the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot, British Army. On May 7, 1867, at the island of Andaman, in the Bay of Bengal India, Private Bell was one of a party of five who risked their lives in manning a boat and proceeding through dangerous surf to rescue some of their comrades who had been sent to the island to find out the fate of the commander and seven of the crew, who were feared murdered by the cannibalistic...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent, England
Dobson, Claude Congreve b. January 1, 1885 d. June 26, 1940 Russian Civil Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Chatham, England, he served as a Commander in the Royal Navy. On August 18, 1919, at Kronstadt, Russia, Commander Dobson was in command of the Coastal Motor Boat Flotilla which he led through the chain of forts to the entrance to Kronstadt Harbor. The CMB 31BD, a 55 ft boat, from which he directed the general operations then passed in under heavy machine-gun fire and hit the Russian battleship Andrei Pervozvanny with both torpedoes, subsequently...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent, England
b. 1845 d. March 7, 1920