Buried at Woking Crematorium Role Armed force officer Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch British Army | Years of service 1899 - 1917 Rank Colonel Name Edgar Inkson Awards Victoria Cross | |
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Born 5 April 1872
Nainital, British India ( 1872-04-05 ) Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I Died February 19, 1947, Chichester, United Kingdom Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I Similar People William Barnsley Allen, Noel Godfrey Chavasse, George Allan Maling, Harold Ackroyd | ||
Colonel Edgar Thomas Inkson (5 April 1872 – 19 February 1947) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Victoria Cross
Inkson was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, attached to The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 24 February 1900, at Hart's Hill, Colenso, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC:
On the 24th February, 1900, Lieutenant Inkson carried Second Lieutenant Devenish (who was severely wounded and unable to walk) for three or four hundred yards under a very heavy fire to a place of safety. The ground over which Lieutenant Inkson had to move was much exposed, there being no cover available.
He was promoted to Captain while still serving in South Africa. Captain Inkson personally received the decoration by King Edward VII during an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 12 May 1902.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett, England.
Inkson is buried in Brookwood Cemetery.
Later career
He later achieved the rank of colonel after serving in the First World War.