“WHEN THE LINE OF HIS REGIMENT BECAME DISORDERED HE ‘STOOD FIRM WITH THE COLOURS, AND BY HIS EXAMPLE AND ENERGY, GREATLY TENDED TO RESTORE ORDER” Of the 12 VCs awarded to men of the Guards Brigade during the Crimean War, four went to the Grenadier Guards, three to the Coldstream Guards and five to the Scots Fusilier Guards. Four were awarded for actions at the Battle of the Alma, five for the Battle of Inkerman and three for the Siege of Sevastopol.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Percy of the Grenadier Guards received his VC for Inkerman, when he and his men became surrounded and without ammunition. His citation stated, “Colonel Percy, by his knowledge of the ground, although wounded, extricated these men, and, passing under a heavy fire from the Russians…
