Philip Smith
Corporal, 17th Regiment
- Register No.
- 1166 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Corporal all Corporals →
- Unit
- 17th Regiment (register: 17th Regiment of Foot) all 17th Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 18 June 1855 on this day → all of 1855 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Crimean War
- London Gazette
- 24th February 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Born
- in 1825 at Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland
- Died
- 16th January 1906 at Harold's Cross, Dublin
- Memorial / grave
- * at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
- Medal held by
- the Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum,
Digest of citation
On 18th June, 1855, in the Crimea, Corporal Smith repeatedly went out, after the column had retired from the assault, in front of the advanced trenches against the Great Redan, to bring in wounded comrades,all of the time under an extremely heavy fire from the enemy
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
SMITH, Philip. (reg No. 1166).
Corporal. 17th Regiment. * London Gazetted on 24th February 1857.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum, Leicester .
Born in 1825 at Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland.
Died on 16th January 1906 at Harold's Cross, Dublin.
Memorial on grave * at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland.
Digest of Citation reads: On 18th June, 1855, in the Crimea, Corporal Smith repeatedly went out, after the column had retired from the assault, in front of the advanced trenches against the Great Redan, to bring in wounded comrades,all of the time under an extremely heavy fire from the enemy.
* Leicestershire Regiment.
* Headstone bears the name Scully.
* Leicestershire Regiment.
* Headstone bears the name Scully.
Leicester .
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Alf recorded the memorial as: * at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
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