Robert Shields
Corporal, 23rd Regiment (later the Royal Welch Fusiliers)
- Register No.
- 1140 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Corporal all Corporals →
- Unit
- 23rd Regiment (later the Royal Welch Fusiliers) all Royal Welsh Fusiliers VCs →
- Date of action
- 8 September 1855 on this day → all of 1855 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Crimean War
- London Gazette
- 24th February 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Born
- in 1827 at Cardiff, Wales
- Died
- 23rd of December 1864
- Memorial / grave
- No known memorials
Digest of citation
At Sebastopol, in the Crimea, near the Redan, on 8th September 1855, Corporal Shields volunteered to go out with Assistant Surgeon Sylvester (reg.No 1199) to a most dangerous and exposed part of the front, to attend to and bring in a wounded officer, who later died
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
SHIELDS, Robert. (Reg. No 1140)
Corporal 23rd Regiment (later the Royal Welch Fusiliers)
London Gazetted on 24th February 1857 Born on in 1827 at Cardiff, Wales.
Died on 23rd of December 1864. No known memorials.
Digest of Citation reads: At Sebastopol, in the Crimea, near the Redan, on 8th September 1855, Corporal Shields volunteered to go out with Assistant Surgeon Sylvester (reg.No 1199) to a most dangerous and exposed part of the front, to attend to and bring in a wounded officer, who later died.
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