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Frederick Corbett VC (17 September 1853 – 25 September 1912) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Corbett was born on 17 September 1853 in Maldon, Essex, and died there in 1912. His name at birth was David Embleton.〔GRO Register of Births: DEC 1853 4a 164 MALDON – David Embleton, mmn = unknown〕 He served in first the King's Royal Rifle Corps (1873–83) and second, the Royal Artillery (1884–91). ==Military service== Corbett served in the army between 1873 and 1891.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/corbettonenamestudy/First/People/frederic.htm )〕 Discontented Egyptian officers under Ahmed ‘Urabi rebelled in 1882, the United Kingdom reacted to protect its financial and expansionist interests in the country, and in particular the Suez Canal. Corbett was 28 years old, and a private in the 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, during the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. The citation in the ''The London Gazette'' of 16 February 1883, read During the reconnaissance upon, Kafr Dowar, Egypt, on 5 August 1882, the Mounted Infantry, with which Private Corbett was serving, came under a hot fire from the enemy and suffered some loss, including Lieutenant Howard Vyse, mortally wounded. This officer fell in the open, and there being then no time to move him, Private Corbett asked and obtained permission to remain by him, and though under a constant fire, he sat down and endeavoured to stop the bleeding of this officer's wounds, until the Mounted Infantry received orders to retire, when he rendered valuable assistance in carrying him off the field... The event occurred during a probing attack on the Egyptian position. He also served at the decisive Battle of Tel el-Kebir on 13 September 1882. Subsequently, when Kafr-el-Dawwar surrendered following the British victory in Egypt, the works there were found to be strong and well-stocked with modern artillery and arms and ammunition. Held by determined defenders, they would have been extremely difficult to take.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.shropshireregimentalmuseum.co.uk/regimental-history/shropshire-light-infantry/1st-ksli-in-egypt-1882/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick Corbett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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