By hook or by crook I'm first on this Forum.

[Derrick Stephenson]

An easy one to start :
Who is the youngest holder of the V.C., where was it won, and why?
Derrick.

[Drone_pilot]

On 21 August 1860 at the capture of the Northern of the Taku Forts, China, Hospital Apprentice Fitzgibbon accompanied a wing of the 67th Regiment when it took up a position within 500 yards of the fort. He then proceeded, under heavy fire, to attend a dhoolie-bearer, whose wound he had been directed to bind up, and while the regiment was advancing under the enemy's fire, he ran across the open ground to attend to another wounded man. In doing so he was himself severely wounded.

Acknowledged to be one of the two youngest winners of the VC (aged 15 years, 3 months), the other being FLINN, T.
Later achieved rank of Apothecary.

not as some people believe Boy Cornwall

[Bombardier]

Well as I live and breath!, I always thought it was Boy Cornwall.
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[Derrick Stephenson]

Drone_pilot,
never has my flabber been so gasted!!!
I've always thought the youngest V.C. was Cornwall at the Battle of Jutland.
I stand corrected, and it's back to the drawing board.
Derrick.