VC Action: Abraham Acton (17 December
1893—16 May 1915) was 22 years old, and a private in the 2nd
Battalion, The Border Regiment, British Army during the First
World War when the following deed took place for which he
was awarded the VC.
On 21 December 1914 at Rouges Bancs, France,
Private Acton and another Private soldier (James
Alexander Smith, VC) went out from their trench and rescued
a wounded man who had been lying exposed against the enemy's
trenches for 15 hours. On the same day they again left their
trench under heavy fire to bring in another wounded man. They
were under fire for 60 minutes whilst conveying the wounded
men to safety.
He was killed in action, Festubert, France,
on 16 May 1915, but his remains were never found. |
