THE RORKE'S DRIFT VICTORIA CROSS AND CAMPAIGN MEDAL AWARDED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES HENRY REYNOLDS, ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE LORD ASHCROFT VC COLLECTION.
4 September 2023


Medal entitlement of: Lieutenant Colonel James Henry Reynolds
  • Army Medical Department
    • Victoria Cross
    • South Africa Medal ( 1877-79 )
      • 1 clasp:
      • "1877-8-9"

  • The Victoria Cross awarded to Surgeon Major James Henry Reynolds, Army Medical Department, a Rorke's Drift award, has been acquired by the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection. The Victoria Cross had previously been on loan to the Museum of Military Medicine at Mychett, Surrey.


    For the award of the Victoria Cross

    [ London Gazette, 17 June 1879 ], Rorke'd Drift, South Africa, 22 - 23 January 1879, Surgeon Major James Henry Reynolds, Army Medical Department.

    For the conspicuous bravery, during the attack at Rorke's Drift on the 22nd and 23rd January 1879, which he exhibited in his constant attention to the wounded under fire, and in his voluntarily conveying ammunition, from the store to the defenders of the Hospital, whereby he exposed himself to a cross-fire from the enemy both in going and returning.

    James Reynolds was invested with his Victoria Cross by Lord Wolseley in Natal, South Africa, on the 26th August 1879.

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    Iain Stewart, 4 September 2023