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David Spence

David Spence
sebagai Pengawal Yeoman
DikebumikanLambeth Cemetery
Pengabdian Britania Raya
Dinas/cabang British Army
PangkatRegimental Sergeant-Major
Kesatuan9th Lancers
Perang/pertempuranPeraqng Anglo-Sikh Pertama
Perang Anglo-Sikh Kedua
Pemberontakan di India 1857
PenghargaanVictoria Cross
Pekerjaan lainPengawal Yeoman

David Spence VC (1818 - 17 April 1877) adalah seorang Skotlandia penerima Victoria Cross, penghargaan tertinggi dan paling terhormat untuk keberanian dalam menghadapi musuh yang bisa diberikan oleh Britania Raya dan angkatan Negara-negara Persemakmuran.

Spence lahir di Skotlandia. Ia bergabung dengan 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers tahun 1842. Ketika ia berusia sekitar 40 tahun, dan menjadi sersan-mayor di pasukan 9th Lancers (The Queen's Royal), Tentara Darat Inggris ketika terjadi Pemberontakan di India 1857 penugasannya tanggal 17 Januari 1858 di Shunsabad, India di mana ia mendapatkan VC:

((quote|Troop Serjeant-Major Spence
Date of Act of Bravery, 17th January, 1858
For conspicuous gallantry on the 17th of January, 1858, at Shumsabad, in going to the assistance of Private Kidd, who had been wounded, and his horse disabled, and bringing him out from a large number of rebels. Despatch from Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, K.C.B., dated 8th April, 1858.[1]

Pasukan Sersan-Mayor Spence

Tanggal Peristiwa Keberanian, 17 Januari 1858

Untuk tindakan gagah berani pada tanggal 17 Januari, 1858 di Shumsabad, untuk menolong Tentara Kidd, yang sudah terluka dan kudanya tak bisa digunakan lagi, membawanya keluar dari sejumlah besar pemberontak. Ditugaskan oleh Mayor Jenderal Sir James Hope Grant, K.C.B., tanggal 8 April 1858.

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Ia kemudian mencapai pangkat resimen sersan mayor dan tahun 1862 menjadi Pengawal Yeoman.[2]

Bintang Viktoria yang ia peroleh dipamerkan di Museum Regimental 9th/12th Royal Lancers di Museum dan Galeri Seni Derby, Inggris.

Referensi

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  1. ^ (Inggris) London Gazette: no. 22212, h. 5512, 24 Desember 1858. Diakses 26 September 2009.
  2. ^ (Inggris) Derby Council tribute Diarsipkan 2009-04-18 di Wayback Machine.

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