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Captain Thomas James Young VC (1827 – 20 March 1869) 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. ==Details== He was approximately 30 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, serving with a Naval Brigade from HMS ''Shannon'' during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 16 November 1857 at Lucknow, British India, naval guns were brought up close to the Shah Nujeff mosque, and the gun crews kept up a steady fire in an attempt to breach the walls, while a hail of musket balls and grenades from the mutineers inside the mosque caused heavy casualties. Lieutenant Young moved from gun to gun giving encouragement, and when he and Able Seaman William Hall were the only survivors, all the rest being killed or wounded, Lieutenant Young took the last gunner's place and between them they loaded and fired the gun. The joint citation reads: He later achieved the rank of captain. He married Louisa Mary Boyes, the sister of Duncan Gordon Boyes, who also won the Victoria Cross.〔(Related VCs )〕 Young died in Caen, France and is buried in the Protestant Cemetery there. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London.〔(Victoria Cross (MED2323) )〕 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「Thomas James Young」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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