Colonel Edmund Barron Hartley VC CMG (born Ivybridge, Devon, 6 May 1847; died 20 March 1919) 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. On 19 April 1901 he was appointed a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George He died in Ash, Hampshire and is buried at Brookwood Cemetery.
He was 32 years old, and a Surgeon...
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Colonel Edmund Barron Hartley VC CMG (born Ivybridge, Devon, 6 May 1847; died 20 March 1919) 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. On 19 April 1901 he was appointed a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George He died in Ash, Hampshire and is buried at Brookwood Cemetery.
He was 32 years old, and a Surgeon Major in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, Cape Colonial Forces during the Basuto War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 5 June 1879 in South Africa, Surgeon Major Hartley attended the wounded under fire at the unsuccessful attack at Morosi's Mountain. From an exposed position, on open ground, he carried in his arms a wounded corporal of the Cape Mounted Riflemen. The surgeon major then returned under severe enemy fire in order to dress the wounds of the other men of the storming party.
He later achieved the rank...
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