Alfred Ernest Ind
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Alfred Ernest Ind VC (16 September 1872 – 29 November 1916) was an English 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.
Ind was 29 years old, and a Shoeing Smith in X 1 Section Pompoms, Royal Horse Artillery, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at Tafelkop, Orange River Colony, South Africa, for which he was awarded the VC. Template:Quote
He later achieved the rank of Sergeant and was a member of the Chestnut Troop. He is buried in the churchyard of Eccleston Church near Eaton Hall, Cheshire.
References
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)
External links
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- British recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Royal Horse Artillery soldiers
- People from Tetbury
- 1872 births
- 1916 deaths
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Military personnel from Gloucestershire
- Burials in Cheshire