George Murray Rolland

George Murray Rolland

George Murray Rolland VC (May 12, 1869- July 9, 1910) was a 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.

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He was 33 years old, and a captain in the 1st Bombay Grenadiers, Indian Army, employed Berbera-Bohotle Flying Column during the Third Somaliland Expedition when ,on 22 April 1903 after the action at Daratoleh, Somaliland (now Somalia), the rearguard got considerably behind the rest of the column. Captain Rolland and William George Walker, with four other men were with a fellow officer when he fell badly wounded and Captain Rolland ran back some 500 yards to get help while the others stayed with the casualty, endeavouring to keep off the enemy who were all round. This they succeeded in doing, and when the officer in charge of the column (John Edmund Gough) arrived they managed to get the wounded man on to a camel. He was, however, hit again and died immediately. He later achieved the rank of major.


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