Kapitän Sir William Schälen, dritter Sohn von Premierminister Sir Robert Peel. Empfänger der Victoria Cross, nahm ein live Shell mit Sicherung brennt immer noch, den 18. Oktober 1854 bei der Belagerung von Sewastopol
3481 x 2957 px | 29,5 x 25 cm | 11,6 x 9,9 inches | 300dpi
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1876
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Illustration from an Illustrated history of India published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin circa 1876. Info from wiki: Captain Sir William Peel VC KCB (2 November 1824 – 27 April 1858) was a British naval officer and 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 the third son of the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. On 18 October 1854 at the Siege of Sevastopol, he picked up a live shell with the fuse still burning from amongst several powder cases and threw it over the parapet. The shell burst as it left his hands.[1] For this he was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) On 5 November at the Battle of Inkerman, he joined some of the officers of the Grenadier Guards and helped to defend the Colours of the regiment when they were hard-pressed. On 18 June 1855 he led the first scaling party at the assault on the redan, and was himself severely wounded. On each of these occasions Captain Peel was accompanied by a young midshipman, Edward St. John Daniel as Aide-de-camp. After the Crimean War, he served in the Indian Mutiny and was wounded at the Relief of Lucknow. At the age of 33, he died of smallpox at Cawnpore, India, on 27 April 1858.
