James Gorman (VC)

James Gorman (VC)

:"For the American Journalist, born 1949, see James Gorman (journalist)."

James Gorman VC (21 August, 1834–18 October, 1882) 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.

He was 20 years old, and a Seaman in the Royal Navy, (Naval Brigade) during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 5 November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea, when the Right Lancaster Battery was attacked and many of the soldiers were wounded, Seaman Gorman, with two other seamen (Thomas Reeves and Mark Scholefield) and two others who were killed during the action, mounted the defence work banquette and, under withering attack from the enemy, kept up a rapid, repulsing fire. Their muskets were re-loaded for them by the wounded soldiers under the parapet and eventually the enemy fell back and gave no more trouble.

He later served in the Second Anglo-Chinese War and achieved the rank of Captain of the After Guard. He is buried in the Old Balmain Cemetery Norton St. Leichhardt, N.S.W., Australia. Which in 1944 was closed and converted to a public park. "Pioneers Memorial Park".


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