serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance image_size battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1909 - 1917 united kingdom tel-el-khuwwilfeh , palestine 6 november 1917 holyhead , anglesey , wales united kingdom 250 world war i 27 january 1893 beersheba war cemetery captain johnfox-russell . jpg john russell -lrb- vc -rrb-
 john fox russell
john russell -lrb- vc -rrb-

captain john fox russell vc mc -lrb- 27 january 1893 -- 6 november 1917 -rrb- was a welsh 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 .
he was born in holyhead , anglesey , on 27 january 1893 to william fox russell and ethel maria fox russell .
at an early age , he passed the examination for a choristership at magdalen college , oxford , where he was educated for three years before attending st. bees school in cumbria .
while at school he was an enthusiastic member of the officer training corps .
he joined the middlesex hospital when only sixteen years of age and it was while he was in london that he joined the university of london officers training corps , obtaining a commission in the royal welch fusiliers in 1914 .
he was with them in camp when war was declared .
being anxious to qualify , he was seconded in order to complete his medical studies .
after obtaining his degrees , he joined the royal army medical corps , and was attached to a battery of the royal field artillery .
he later re-joined his old regiment r.w.f 1st/6th battalion -lrb- anglesey and caernarvonshire -rrb- and went out to egypt as medical officer .
in the first battle of gaza he won the military cross .
he was subsequently awarded the victoria cross at tel-el-khuwwilfeh , palestine
