Resultado de búsqueda
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, VC & Bar, VD, FRCS (4 April 1874 – 22 June 1953) was an English physician, officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and a double recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
The First World War 1914. For his gallantry in the fighting between 29 October and 8 November 1914, Lieutenant A Martin-Leake, Royal Army Medical Corps, became the first man to be awarded a Bar to the Victoria Cross.
The Second Boer War 1899 - 1902. At the beginning of February 1902, the commander of the South African Constabulary around Heidelberg, south-east of Johannesburg in the Transvaal, was ordered to move forward a line of posts held by his men south-east of Heidelberg.
Surgeon-Major Arthur Martin-Leake, VC, RAMC A half-length portrait of Martin-Leake seated in an armchair. He wears a dark overcoat, holds his gloves and hat in his left hand, and a cigarette in his right. by Alfred Egerton Cooper
Army surgeon Martin Leake was the first to achieve this extraordinary distinction. He won his first Victoria Cross during the Boer War and the second in 1914 for rescuing a large number of the wounded who were lying close to the enemy's trenches, while exposed to constant fire.
- Lieutenant Arthur Martin-Leake, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was awarded the Victoria Cross on 13 May, 1902, is granted a clasp for conspicuous bravery in the present campaign.
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, VC & Bar, VD (4 April 1874 – 22 June 1953) was a British physician, officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and a dou...
