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Howard Craufurd Elphinstone : ウィキペディア英語版 | Howard Craufurd Elphinstone
Major-General Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone VC KCB CMG (12 December 1829 – 8 March 1890) was a 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. ==Early career and the Crimean War== Born in Livonia, Elphinstone joined the Corps of Royal Engineers as a gentleman cadet at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in December 1847. With the outbreak of the Crimean War, Elphinstone was posted to the Crimea and it was during the Siege of Sebastopol that he won the Victoria Cross.
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