George Edward Nurse was an Irish 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 26 years old, and a Corporal in the 66th Bty., Royal Field Artillery, British Army during the South African War (Boer War) when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 15 December1899, at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa, Corporal Nurse, with several others, tried to save the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, when the detachments serving the guns had all become casualties or been driven from their guns. Some of the horses and drivers were sheltering in a donga about 500 yards behind the guns and the intervening space was swept with shell, and rifle fire. Corporal Nurse, with three officers (Walter Norris Congreve, Frederick Hugh Sherston (The Hon.) Roberts and Harry Norton Schofield) helped to hook a team into a limber and then to line up a gun. Then, on his own, he managed to limber up a second gun.
NURSE, GEORGEEDWARD, Corporal, was born at Enniskilling, Ireland, son of Charles Nurse and Jane Nurse, of Cobo Hotel, Guernsey.
After a course of higher class education at the Chamberlain Academy, Guernsey, GeorgeNurse joined the Royal Artillery, enlisting at St George's Barracks, London, on 6 January 1892.
At Colenso, on the 15th December 1899, the detachments serving the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, had either been killed, wounded, or driven from their guns by infantry fire at close range, and the guns were deserted.
GeorgeEdwardNurse (April 14, 1873 -November 25, 1945) was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
On 15 December1899, at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa, CorporalNurse, with several others, tried to save the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, when the detachments serving the guns had all become casualties or been driven from their guns.
CorporalNurse, with three officers (Walter Norris Congreve, Frederick Hugh Sherston (The Hon.) Roberts and Harry Norton Schofield) helped to hook a team into a limber and then to line up a gun.
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