The First Victoria Cross - The Battle of Bomarsund 1854

The First Victoria Cross Hero - The battle of Bomarsund 1854.

Charles Davis Lucas VC throw a live shell off the deck of his ship saving countless lives.


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The Baltic Campaigns of 1854 & 1855 are an almost forgotten sideshow of the Crimean War.
A Anglo-French fleet spent both summer's enforcing a blockade on Russia (& the Grand Duchy of Finland) and bombarded several forts.

This campaign is often called the Aland War.

It was in one of these encounters during the Battle of Bomarsund 1854 that the first Victoria Cross was awarded.

The first Victoria Cross hero was Mate Charles Davis Lucas, who very cooly threw a live shell overboard when it landed on the deck of his ship.

By his actions not a single member of his crew were killed or injured, and the ship (HMS Hecla) was undamaged.

Lucas was presented with his VC by Queen Victoria at the very first award ceremony of the new medal for valour at Hyde Park in 1857.
Despite being the first person to be awarded the Victoria Cross, he was the fourth in line as the medals were presented in order of rank.


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0:00 The Crimean War
0:45 Baltic Campaign
2:24 Admiral Charles Napier
5:21 Battle of Bomarsund
6:34 Charles David Lucas VC
8:30 Victoria Cross
10:09 Victoria Cross heroes
13:57 The Aland War
17:27 The History Chap

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