John Fox Russell
Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps
- Register No.
- 1088 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain all Captains →
- Unit
- Royal Army Medical Corps all Royal Army Medical Corps VCs →
- Date of action
- 6 November 1917 on this day → all of 1917 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 11th January 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Born
- 27th January 1893 at Holyhead, Anglesey
- Died
- in action on 6th November 1917, at Tel-el-Khuweilfeh, Palestine
- Memorial / grave
- ; on grave at Beersheba War Cemetery, Palestine;on the War Memorial, Holyhead, Anglesey;
- Medal held by
- VC Medal's Custodian this the Army Medical Services Museum, Aldershot,
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
RUSSELL, John Fox. (reg No. 1088).
Captain. Royal Army Medical Corps. * London Gazetted on 11th January 1918.
VC Medal's Custodian this the Army Medical Services Museum, Aldershot, Hampshire.
Born on 27th January 1893 at Holyhead, Anglesey.
Killed in action on 6th November 1917, at Tel-el-Khuweilfeh, Palestine.
Memorials; on grave at Beersheba War Cemetery, Palestine;on the War Memorial, Holyhead, Anglesey; the Middlesex Hospital, London and at the Royal Army Medical Corps HQ. London.
Digest of Citation reads: Captain Russell continually went out to attend to the wounded, all the time under extremely devastating fire from machine-guns and snipers. Many times, when no other means were at hand, he carried the wounded in himself, even though he was exhausted. He was finally killed in action.
* Attached to 1st/6th (116th?) Battn. Royal Welch Fusiliers.
Additional information:. Captain Russell also held the Military Cross (MC).
Alf's notes on his life
the Middlesex Hospital, London and at the Royal Army Medical Corps HQ. London. Digest of Citation reads: Captain Russell continually went out to attend to the wounded, all the time under extremely devastating fire from machine-guns and snipers. Many times, when no other means were at hand, he carried the wounded in himself, even though he was exhausted. He was finally killed in action.
Additional information
Captain Russell also held the Military Cross (MC).
* Attached to 1st/6th (116th?) Battn. Royal Welch Fusiliers.
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