 Photograph by Phil Payne — November 1999 Edmund John Phipps Hornby (VC, CB, CMG) (born 31 December 1857 - died 13 December 1947) 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. Image File history File links Phipps-Hornby. ...
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Download high resolution version (400x640, 55 KB)Grave photo of Victoria Cross recipient Edmund John Phipps-Hornby, migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference site with permission. ...
Download high resolution version (400x640, 55 KB)Grave photo of Victoria Cross recipient Edmund John Phipps-Hornby, migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference site with permission. ...
Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
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Background
Phipps Hornby was born in Westbourne, West Sussex on 31 December 1857, the son of the Admiral of the Fleet, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby GCB. Westbourne is a small village in the county of West Sussex, England, close to the border with Hampshire. ...
Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby (February 10, 1825 - March 3, 1895), was British admiral of the fleet. ...
Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ...
Victoria Cross details Phipps Hornby was 42 years old, and a major commanding 'Q' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, British Army, during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC: Major is a military rank the use of which varies according to country. ...
The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) is a corps in the British Army. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
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On 31 March 1900 at Sanna's Post (aka Korn Spruit), South Africa, 'Q' and 'U' batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery were ambushed with the loss of most of the baggage column and five guns of the leading battery. When the alarm was given 'Q' Battery, commanded by Major Phipps Hornby, went into action 1150 yards from the spruit, until the order to retire was received, when the major commanded that the guns and their limbers be run back by hand to a safe place — a most exhausting operation over a considerable distance, but at last all but one of the guns and one limber had been moved to safety and the battery reformed. March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...
Combatants Great Britain Boers Commanders Brigadier General Broadwood Christiaan de Wet Strength 2000 12 guns 400 (1600 distantly engaged) Casualties 600 7 guns 8 (eight) {{{notes}}} Sanna’s Post (aka Korn Spruit) was an engagement fought during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) between the British Empire and the Boers...
Further information Phipps Hornby served in the First World War, 1914 – 15, and later achieved the rank of Brigadier General. His grave and memorial are in St Andrew's Churchyard at Sonning in Berkshire. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ...
Ancient unreadable gravestones mark the position of graves in the parish churchyard at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England A grave is a place where the body of a dead animal, generally human, is buried, often after a funeral. ...
Headstones in the Japanese Cemetry in Broome, Western Australia A cemetery in rural Spain A typical late 20th century headstone in the United States A headstone, tombstone or gravestone is a marker, normally carved from stone, placed over or next to the site of a burial. ...
The Thames near Sonning Sonning is a small village in Berkshire, England a few miles east of Reading. ...
Berkshire (IPA: or ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in England and forms part of the South East England region. ...
The following men were also awarded the Victoria Cross in the same action: Lieutenant Francis Maxwell (VC, CSI, DSO & Bar), Sergeant Charles Parker (VC), Gunner Isaac Lodge (VC) and Driver Horace Glasock (VC). Francis Aylmer Maxwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria in 1861. ...
DSO medal The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ...
Charles Edward Haydon Parker 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. ...
Isaac Lodge 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. ...
Horace Henry Glasock 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. ...
The medal Brigadier General Phipps Hornby's Victoria Cross and other medals are displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, England. Firepower: The Royal Artillery Museum is a military museum in Woolwich in south east London, England, which tells the story of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and of the Royal Arsenal. ...
Woolwich is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the London Borough of Newham) is on the north side of the river. ...
References Monuments To Courage is a book by David Harvey, published in 1999. ...
The Register of the Victoria Cross A list of all 1350 Victoria Crosses with details of each recipient ISBN 0906324033 Publisher: Cheltenham: This England Books; 1981 Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 - 9 3/4 Pagination: 303 + 4. ...
The following 78 recipients were awarded the Victoria Cross for the South African War (Boer War) (1899–1902). ...
External links - Location of grave and VC medal (Berkshire)
- Organizational Homepage. Q Battery, Royal Artillery. Retrieved on [[23 February]], 2006.
This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission. Special thanks to the United Kingdom Royal Army for the use of Brigadier General Phipps Hornby's photograph. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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