1. Daniel Cambridge VC born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, was an Irish 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.
On 8 September 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimea, Daniel Cambridge volunteered for the spiking party on the assault on the Redan.
Daniel Cambridge remained with the party after being severely wounded twice, but had refused to leave until the general retirement was ordered, and even then he repeatedly went back into the open to carry wounded men to safety.
Subsequently, Daniel Cambridge was found to have been shot a third time, in his right jaw, and, incapacitated, he took no further part in the action.
Daniel Cambridge was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, on 27 June 1820 to Archibald Daniel Cambridge and Bridget, formerly Murray.
Daniel Cambridge enlisted four days later as a Driver and Gunner in the 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Artillery, on 24 June 1839.
Daniel Cambridge served with the 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, in Malta and was then posted to Canada with the 7th Battalion in 1848.
On 21 November 1853 Daniel Cambridge's posting to Canada came to an end and he and Ann, now expecting their first child, found themselves on the way to England and the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, the home of the Royal Artillery.
In March 1854 Britain and France declared war on Russia, beginning the Crimean War, and Daniel Cambridge briefly reverted to the 4th Battalion in Woolwich, Kent, before transferring to the 8th Company, 11th Battalion the following month.
On 21 April 1856 Daniel Cambridge was promoted Serjeant with 7th Company, 11th Battalion.
The London Gazette of 23 June 1857 announced the award of the Victoria Cross to Serjeant Daniel Cambridge, and gave the citation as follows:.
Shortly after Daniel Cambridge received the Al Valore Militare, the Sardinian Military Medal of Valour, for which the citation read:.
Daniel Cambridge was the twenty-second of the original sixty two medal recipients who received the Cross from Queen Victoria at the first VC Investiture in Hyde Park on 26 June 1857.
Later in 1857 Daniel Cambridge was promoted to Master Gunner with the 8th Coastal Battery, Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland.
On 21 February 1862 Daniel Cambridge was posted to Fort Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland.
In 1861 Daniel Cambridge received the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal for 22 years of military service.
On 12 July 1865 Daniel Cambridge wrote to JA Brown, author of "England's Artillerymen", from Fort Tarbert, County Kerry:.
Daniel Cambridge was pensioned as a Master Gunner after completing thirty-two years' service on 27 June 1871.
In that same year Daniel Cambridge was appointed to the sovereign's bodyguard the Yeomen of the Guard.