Conwyn Mansel-Jones
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Colonel Conwyn Mansel-Jones Template:Postnominals (14 June 1871 – 29 May 1942) was an English British Army officer. He 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.
Early career
Born in Beddington, Surrey, and educated at Haileybury College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst,[1] Mansel-Jones was commissioned a second lieutenant in The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) on 8 October 1890.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1892, and served with his regiment in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War of 1895–96 and in British Central Africa in 1898,[1] where he was promoted to captain supernumerary to his regiment on 20 March 1899.[3] He was recalled to the West Yorkshire Regiment at the outset of the Second Boer War in late 1899, and sent to South Africa.[1]
Victoria Cross
Mansel-Jones took part in the Ladysmith relief force, and was confirmed as a captain in his regiment in February 1900.[4][5] He was wounded on 27 February 1900, during the battle of the Tugela Heights,[6] two days before the actual relief of Ladysmith.
It was during the battle of the Tugela Heights that Mansel-Jones, then 28 years old, undertook the following deed for which he was awarded the VC: Template:Quote
Later career
He remained in the army in recruiting[1] until he retired due to his wounds in 1910.[7] He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn,[1] but returned to the colours in 1914, serving in staff positions.[8] He became a temporary lieutenant-colonel in December 1915,[9] and a brevet lieutenant-colonel in June 1917.[10] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in June 1915,[11] received the French Legion of Honour, was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1918 and was six times mentioned in Despatches.[1]
Retiring at the end of the war, he was a member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms from 1920 until his death. He died aged 70 on 29 May 1942 in Brockenhurst, and is buried in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church.[1]
His medals are held privately.[12]
References
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (Hampshire)
- Anglo-Boer War profile
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