William Hope
Lieutenant, 7th Regiment. Royal Fusiliers
- Register No.
- 593 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 7th Regiment. Royal Fusiliers (register: 7th Regiment of Foot) all 7th Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 18 June 1855 on this day → all of 1855 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Crimean War
- London Gazette
- 5th May 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Born
- 12th April, 1834 at Edinburgh
- Died
- 17th December, 1909 at Chelsea, London
- Memorial / grave
- in the family plot at Brompton Cemetery, London
Digest of citation
On 18th June, 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimea, Lieutenant Hope went to the assistance of the Adjutant, who was lying outside the trenches badly wounded. Having found that it was impossible to move him, even with the help of four men, he ran back across the open ground under very heavy fire from the enemy batteries, and procured a stretcher to bring the wounded officer in
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
HOPE, William. (reg No. 593).
Lieutenant. 7th Regiment. Royal Fusiliers.
London Gazetted on 5th May 1857.
Born on 12th April, 1834 at Edinburgh.
Died on 17th December, 1909 at Chelsea, London.
Memorial on grave in the family plot at Brompton Cemetery, London.
Digest of Citation reads: On 18th June, 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimea, Lieutenant Hope went to the assistance of the Adjutant, who was lying outside the trenches badly wounded. Having found that it was impossible to move him, even with the help of four men, he ran back across the open ground under very heavy fire from the enemy batteries, and procured a stretcher to bring the wounded officer in.
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