Henry Reynolds (VC)
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Henry Reynolds
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| Born | 16 August 1883 Whilton, Northamptonshire |
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St Gile's Churchyard, Ashtead
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
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 British Army |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | The Royal Scots |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
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Henry Reynolds VC MC (16 August 1883 – 26 March 1948) 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.
Reynolds was 38 years old, and a temporary captain in the 12th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 20 September 1917 near Frezenberg, Belgium, Captain Reynolds' company were suffering heavy casualties from enemy machine-guns and a pill-box. Captain Reynolds reorganised his men and then proceeded alone, rushing from shell-hole to shell-hole under heavy fire. When near the pill-box, he threw a grenade which should have fallen inside, but the entrance was blocked, so crawling to the entrance he forced a phosphorus grenade in. This set the place on fire, killing three, and the remainder surrendered with two machine-guns. Afterwards, although wounded, Captain Reynolds captured another objective, with 70 prisoners and two more machine-guns.[1][2]
The Medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- VCs of the First World War - Passchendaele 1917 (Stephen Snelling, 1998)
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (Surrey)
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30372. pp. 11567–11568. 6 November 1917. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ↑ British Empire
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- 1883 births
- 1948 deaths
- Royal Scots officers
- British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- British Army personnel of World War I
- People from Daventry (district)
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
