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Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, VC & Bar, VD, FRCS (4 April 1874 – 22 June 1953) was an English physician, officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and a double recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
At the beginning of February 1902, the commander of the South African Constabulary around Heidelberg, south-east of Johannesburg in the Transvaal, was ordered to move forward a line of posts held by his men south-east of Heidelberg.
Dive into the heroic tale of Arthur Martin-Leake, a man whose valour transcended two major wars. Discover how his bravery in the Second Boer War and World Wa...
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Surgeon-Major Arthur Martin-Leake, VC, RAMC A half-length portrait of Martin-Leake seated in an armchair. He wears a dark overcoat, holds his gloves and hat in his left hand, and a cigarette in his right. by Alfred Egerton Cooper
Hace 4 días · Army surgeon Martin Leake was the first to achieve this extraordinary distinction. He won his first Victoria Cross during the Boer War and the second in 1914 for rescuing a large number of the wounded who were lying close to the enemy's trenches, while exposed to constant fire.
For his gallantry in the fighting between 29 October and 8 November 1914, Lieutenant A Martin-Leake, Royal Army Medical Corps, became the first man to be awarded a Bar to the Victoria Cross. A failed British attack on German trenches at Zonnebeke, four miles east-north-east of Ypres, left many British casualties in no man’s land.
9 de ago. de 2016 · Surgeon Captain Arthur Martin-Leake was honoured for his bravery in the Boer War in 1902 and in World War One in 1914 and Captain Charles Upham was honoured twice during World War Two in 1941 and...
