Thomas Egerton Hale

Thomas Egerton Hale VC CB (24 September 1832- 25 December 1909) was an English 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.

Details

He was 22 years old, and an assistant surgeon in the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment (later The Royal Fusiliers), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 8 September 1855, in the Crimea, at Sebastopol, during the attack on the Redan, Assistant Surgeon Hale remained with an officer who was dangerously wounded, when everyone except one other officer had retreated. Again, on the same day, after the regiment had retired to the trenches, Assistant Surgeon Hale cleared the most advanced sap of the wounded and then carried into the sap, under heavy fire, several wounded men from the open ground.

Further information

He later served in the Indian Mutiny and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum "(Aldershot, England)".

References

*"Elegant Extracts" - The Royal Fusiliers Recipients of the VC (J.P. Kelleher, 2001)
*Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

External links

* [http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/cheshire.htm Location of grave and VC medal] "(Cheshire)"
* [http://www.barmy.co.uk/ramc/hale.htm Surgeon-Major T.E. Hale]