   daniel cambridge vc (27 march 1820 &ndash; 4 june 1882) 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. cambridge was 35 years old and a bombardier in the royal regiment of artillery, british army when he carried out the actions during the crimean war for which he was awarded the victoria cross. on 8 september 1855 at sebastopol, crimea, cambridge volunteered for the spiking party on the assault on the redan. he 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. in the latter part of the day, he sprang forward to bring in another wounded man. while carrying the helpless infantryman to the safety of the trench daniel was seen to stagger. subsequently daniel was found to have been shot a third time, in his right jaw, and, incapacitated, he took no further part in the action. ==background== cambridge was born in carrickfergus, co. antrim, ireland, on 27 june 1820 to archibald cambridge and bridget, formerly murray. attesting in lisburn, co. antrim, on 20 june 1839 he gave his occupation as labourer and he is recorded as being 5 feet 8&nbsp;inches tall with a fresh complexion, dark grey eyes and brown hair. he enlisted four days later as a driver and gunner in the 4th battalion, royal regiment of artillery, on 24 june 1839. he served with the 2nd company, 4th battalion, in malta (1841â1847) and was then posted to canada with the 7th battalion in 1848. on 28 august 1849 he married ann bigham, an irish lass, whose parents were james bigham and ann, formally young, in notre-dame de quÃ©bec, quebec, canada. on 21 november 1853 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 [[roy
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