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George Bell Chicken VC (2 March 1833 – May 1860) 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. He was one of only five civilians, and the last, to be awarded the VC. ==Details== Born on 2 March 1833 at Howden Pans, Wallsend, Northumberland, he became a Master Mariner at the early age of 20, and was 25 years old at the time of his action, and a civilian volunteer in the Indian Naval Brigade during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 27 September 1858 at Suhejnee, near Peroo, Bengal, Chicken attached himself to a mixed party of troopers of mounted police and cavalry. They routed a force of about 100 mutineers and in the pursuit which followed Chicken forged ahead and charged into the middle of about 20 of the enemy, killing five before he was knocked off his horse and badly wounded. He would have been cut to pieces if four of the troopers had not galloped up and rescued him. His citation in the London Gazette reads: 〔(London Gazette )〕 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「George Bell Chicken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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