Nelson Victor Carter 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 [[United Kingdom|British] and Commonwealth forces.

Details

He was 29 years old, and a Company Sergeant Major in the 12th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 30 June 1916 at Boar's Head, Richebourg l'Avoue , France, during an attack Company Sergeant-Major Carter was in command of the fourth wave of the assault. Under intense shell and machine-gun fire he penetrated, with a few men, into the enemy's second line and inflicted heavy casualties with bombs. When forced to retire into the enemy's first line, he captured a machine-gun and shot the gunner with his revolver. Finally, after carrying several wounded men into safety, he was himself mortally wounded and died in a few minutes.

Further information

Grave/memorial at Royal Irish Rifles Churchyard, Laventie, France. 7m SW of Armentieres. Plot VI. Row C. Grave 17. Headstone.

Reference

• Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

External links

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