Medal Entitlement:
Victoria Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), Crimea
Medal (Clasps: Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sebastopol), Army
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Turkish Crimea Medal
(1855-56) |
VC Action: Alfred Ablett, VC, DCM
(3 August 1830—12 March 1897) was 25 years old, and a private
in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards when the deed took
place for which he was awarded the VC. His citation reads:
On 2 September 1855 during the siege of Sebastopol,
Crimea, a burning shell fell into a trench containing two
cases of ammunition. Private Ablett at once realising the
danger to which all were exposed, seized the shell in his
hands and threw it over the parapet, where it immediately
exploded as it touched the ground, but not a man was touched. |
