Edgar Thomas Inkson

Edgar Thomas Inkson VC DSO
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Born	(1872-04-05)5 April 1872
Died	19 February 1947(1947-02-19) (aged 74)
Place of birth	Nainital, British India
Place of death	Chichester, West Sussex, England
Buried at	Woking Crematorium
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1899 - 1917
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Royal Army Medical Corps
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order

Colonel Edgar Thomas Inkson VC DSO (5 April 1872 – 19 February 1947) was a 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.

Victoria Cross

Inkson was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, attached to The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 24 February 1900, at Hart's Hill, Colenso, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC:

On the 24th February, 1900, Lieutenant Inkson carried Second Lieutenant Devenish (who was severely wounded and unable to walk) for three or four hundred yards under a very heavy fire to a place of safety. The ground over which Lieutenant Inkson had to move was much exposed, there being no cover available.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum, Aldershot, England.

Later career

He later achieved the rank of colonel after serving in the First World War.

References

• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
• Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)

External links

• Location of grave and VC medal (Woking Crematorium)
• Colonel E.T. Inkson
• The Brookwood Cemetery Society (Known Holders of the Victoria Cross Commemorated in Brookwood Cemetery)
• Angloboerwar.com