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Reginald Clare Hart, VC , GCB , KCVO , Royal Humane Society 's Silver Medal ( 11 June 1848 — 18 October 1931 ), was an Irish 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. DETAILS Hart was born at Scarriff , County Clare and educated at Cheltenham College . He was 30 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Corps Of Royal Engineers , British Army during the Second Afghan War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 31 January 1879 in the Bazar Valley , Afghanistan , Lieutenant Hart, while on Convoy duty, ran some 1,200 yards to the rescue of a wounded sowar of the 13th Bengal Lancers, lying in a river bed exposed to the fire of the enemy on all sides. He reached the wounded man, drove off the enemy and with the help of some soldiers who had accompanied him, carried the casualty to safety. FURTHER INFORMATION He later achieved the rank of General . He died Bournemouth Hampshire 18 October 1931 . REFERENCES Listed in order of publication year
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