Reginald Clare Hart
Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers
- Register No.
- 538 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- Corps of Royal Engineers all Corps of Royal Engineers VCs →
- Date of action
- 31 January 1879 on this day → all of 1879 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Second Afghan War
- London Gazette
- 10th June, 1879 on this day → all of 1879 →
- Born
- 11th June 1848 at Scarriff, County Clare, Ireland
- Died
- 10th October 1931 at Bournemouth, Hampshire
Digest of citation
On 31st January, 1879 in the Bazar Valley, Afghanistan, Lieutenant Hart, while on convoy duty, ran some 1,200 yards to the rescue of a wounded sowar of the 13th Bengal Lancers, lying in a river bed exposed to the fire of the enemy on all sides. He reached the wounded man, drove off the enemy and with the help of some soldiers who accompanied him, carried the casualty to safety
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
HART, Reginald Clare. (reg No. 538).
Lieutenant Corps of Royal Engineers.
London Gazetted on 10th June, 1879.
Born on 11th June 1848 at Scarriff, County Clare, Ireland.
Died on 10th October 1931 at Bournemouth, Hampshire. He is buried at Netherbury, Dorset.
Digest of Citation reads: On 31st January, 1879 in the Bazar Valley, Afghanistan, Lieutenant Hart, while on convoy duty, ran some 1,200 yards to the rescue of a wounded sowar of the 13th Bengal Lancers, lying in a river bed exposed to the fire of the enemy on all sides. He reached the wounded man, drove off the enemy and with the help of some soldiers who accompanied him, carried the casualty to safety.
Additional information:. General Sir Reginald Hart was a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath (GCB); a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and held the Royal Humane Society Silver Medal. He was the General Officer Commanding the Thames District from 1902-06 at the same time being Commandant at the School of Military Engineers. From 1912-14 he was the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa following this by being Lieutenant Governor on Guernsey 1914-1918.
Additional information
General Sir Reginald Hart was a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath (GCB); a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and held the Royal Humane Society Silver Medal. He was the General Officer Commanding the Thames District from 1902-06 at the same time being Commandant at the School of Military Engineers. From 1912-14 he was the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa following this by being Lieutenant Governor on Guernsey 1914-1918.
He is buried at Netherbury, Dorset.
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