- Peter Leitch
Peter Leitch VC (
1820 -6 December 1892 ) was a Scottish 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.Details
He was about 35 years old, and a
colour-sergeant in theCorps of Royal Engineers ,British Army during theCrimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.On
18 June 1855 at Sebastopol,Crimea , Colour-Sergeant Leitch, after approaching theRedan with the leading ladders, formed a caponniere across the ditch as well as a ramp by fearlessly tearing down gabions from theparapet and placing and filling them until he was disabled from wounds.The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the
Royal Engineers Museum "(Chatham, England)".References
*
Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
*The Sapper VCs (Gerald Napier, 1998)
*Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)External links
* [http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_vc.htm#1l Royal Engineers Museum] Sappers VCs
* [http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/lonwest.htm Location of grave and VC medal] "(W. London)"
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