serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1845 - 1872 united kingdom funchal , madeira 7 december 1872 -lrb- aged 44 -rrb- eccles , lancashire hms '' miranda '' victoria cross légion d'honneur crimean war 7 october 1828 captain captain buckley vc of hms plyades.jpg cecil buckley
 cecil william buckley
cecil buckley

captain cecil william buckley vc rn -lrb- 7 october 1828 -- 7 december 1872 -rrb- was an english 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 26 years old , and a lieutenant in the royal navy during the crimean war when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the vc .
on 29 may 1855 in the sea of azov , crimea , lieutenant buckley of hms `` miranda '' , with a lieutenant -lrb- hugh talbot burgoyne -rrb- from hms `` swallow '' and a gunner -lrb- john robarts -rrb- from hms `` ardent '' , volunteered to land at a beach where the russian army were in strength .
they were out of covering gunshot range of the ships offshore and met considerable enemy opposition , but managed to set fire to corn stores and ammunition dumps and destroy enemy equipment .
on 3 june lieutenant buckley carried out another raid with a boatswain -lrb- henry cooper -rrb- from `` miranda '' .
they landed at the town of taganrog and were successful in destroying enemy equipment and stores , whilst being under enemy fire .
first winner of the vc to be actually gazetted on 24 february 1857 .
he later achieved the rank of captain .
