- Joseph Malone
Joseph Malone VC (
11 January 1833 -28 June 1883 ) was an English recipient of theVictoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.VC action
He was 21 years old, and a
sergeant in the 13th Light Dragoons (later 13th Hussars),British Army during theCrimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.On
25 October 1854 atBalaclava ,Crimea (Charge of the Light Brigade ), Sergeant Malone, while returning on foot from the charge, in which his horse had been shot, stopped under very heavy fire and helped a troop sergeant-major (John Berryman) and other sergeant (John Farrell) to move a very severely wounded officer (who subsequently died) out of range of the guns.Further details
Malone was from
Eccles . He later transferred to the6th Dragoons and in 1858 was commissioned as aRiding Master . In 1881, along with other Riding Masters, he was granted the honorary rank ofCaptain .His Victoria Cross is displayed at the
13th/18th Royal Hussars Museum (Queen Mary's Own) "(Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England)".He is the great-grandfather of British actress
Sally Ann Howes .References
* [http://www.chargeofthelightbrigade.com/allmen/allmenM/allmenM_13LD/malone_j_1440_13LD/malone_j_1440_13LD.html Profile]
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