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Captain Edward Bell, later General - captured a Russian field gun at the Battle of the Alma River on 20 September 1854 by threatening its driver with an unloaded pistol.
He was the first officer VC
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Captain Edward Bell, later General - captured a Russian field gun at the Battle of the Alma River on 20 September 1854 by threatening its driver with an unloaded pistol.
He was the first officer VC