Nelson Victor Carter
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Nelson Victor Carter VC (April 9, 1887 - June 30, 1916) was an English 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 29 years old, and a Company Sergeant Major in the 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 30 June 1916 at Boar's Head, Richebourg l'Avoue, France, during an attack Company Sergeant-Major Carter was in command of the fourth wave of the assault. Under intense shell and machine-gun fire he penetrated, with a few men, into the enemy's second line and inflicted heavy casualties with bombs. When forced to retire into the enemy's first line, he captured a machine-gun and shot the gunner with his revolver. Finally, after carrying several wounded men into safety, he was himself mortally wounded and died in a few minutes.
His Victoria Cross is at the Eastbourne Redoubt Museum, Royal Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom. A blue plaque can be seen on the wall of his home at 33 Greys Road in Eastbourne.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Blue plaque for VC hero, Eastbourne Herald, 2007, <http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/features/Blue-plaque-for-VC-hero.3081059.jp>. Retrieved on 27 April 2008
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Find-A-Grave profile for Nelson Victor Carter
- Burial location of Nelson Carter
- News Item "Nelson Carter's Victoria Cross donated to the Royal Sussex Regiment Museum"
