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Henry Lysons

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Henry Lysons
Born30 July 1858
Morden, Surrey
Died24 July 1907 (aged 48)
Marylebone, London
Buried
St Peter's Churchyard, Rodmarton
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankColonel
Unit90th Regiment of Foot
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Royal Fusiliers
Bedfordshire Regiment
Battles / warsAnglo-Zulu War
Mahdist War
AwardsVictoria Cross
Order of the Bath

Colonel Henry Lysons VC CB (30 July 1858 – 24 July 1907) was a British 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.

Family

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Lysons was a member of the Lysons family of Hemsted Park, Gloucestershire. He was the son of Gen. Sir Daniel Lysons, son of the antiquarian Daniel Lysons, and Harriet Sophia Bridges.[1]

Details

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Lysons was 20 years old, and a lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, 90th Regiment of Foot, British Army during the Anglo-Zulu War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 28 March 1879 at the Hlobane Mountain, South Africa, Lieutenant Lysons, with a captain and a private (Edmund John Fowler) dashed forward in advance of the party which had been ordered to dislodge the enemy from a commanding position in natural caves up the mountain. The path was so narrow that they had to advance in single file and the captain who arrived first at the mouth of the cave was instantly killed. Lieutenant Lysons and the private, undeterred by the death of their leader, immediately sprang forward and cleared the enemy out of their stronghold.[2]

Further information

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He later achieved the rank of colonel. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Cameronians Regimental Museum, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

References

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  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1879). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 1009. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  2. ^ "No. 25093". The London Gazette. 7 April 1882. p. 1586.
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