Samuel Hill (VC)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Samuel Hill VC (c. 1826 in Glenavy, County Antrim – 21 February 1863) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
In 1844 he enlisted in the 67th Regiment of Foot and then transferred in 1856 to the 90th.[1]
He was about 31 years old, and a sergeant in the 90th Regiment (later The Cameronians – Scottish Rifles), of the British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 16 and 17 November 1857 at Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the VC:
For gallant conduct on 16 and 17 November 1857, at the storming of the Secundra Bagh at Lucknow, in saving the life of Captain Irby, warding off with his firelock a tulwar cut made at his head by a sepoy, and in going out under a heavy fire to help two wounded men. Also for general gallant conduct throughout the operations for the relief of the Lucknow garrison. Elected by the non-commissioned officers of the Regiment.[2]
He was killed in action, Meerut, India, on 21 February 1863.
His Victoria Cross medal is in the Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
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Listed in order of publication year
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
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- Ireland's VCs Template:ISBN (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
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- 1820s births
- 1863 deaths
- 19th-century Irish people
- Military personnel from County Antrim
- Irish soldiers in the British Army
- Cameronians soldiers
- Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British military personnel killed in action in India
- Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Royal Hampshire Regiment soldiers
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- People from Glenavy
- 19th-century British Army personnel