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Reginald Clare Hart

Origin: Scarriff, Ireland
(June 11, 1848 - October 19, 1931)

Heroic Values: Achievement, Courage, Selflessness

Background

At the age of 30, Hart was a Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army, undertaking duties during the 2nd Afghan War. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery (this is the equivalent of the Congressional medal of Honor) in "risking his own life in endeavouring to save the life of a private soldier. 31 January 1879, Lieutenant Hart of the Royal Engineers took the initiative in running some 1,200 yards to the rescue of a wounded Sowar of the 13th Bengal Lancers in a river-bed exposed to the fire of the enemy, of unknown strength, from both flanks, and also from a party in the river-bed. Lieutenant Hart reached the wounded Sowar, drove off the enemy and brought him under cover with the aid of some soldiers who accompanied him on the way."

Interestingly enough, this was not Hart’s first act of bravery, some 10 years early he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Silver medal for saving a drowning Frenchman in Boulougne Harbor. He later served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 1914 to 1918

Submitted by: Kit Bennett

Sources

Wikipedia
The online encyclopedia

Royal Engineers Museum
Hart's profile