Alexander Dunn

Alexander Roberts Dunn VC (September 15 1833 –  January 25 1868) was the first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross.He was born in York (later Toronto) in 1833, the son of John Henry Dunn, and studied at Upper Canada College and at Harrow School, England.Dunn was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Battle of Balaclava on October 25 1854 when he was 21 years of age and serving in the British Army's 11th Hussars. Dunn rescued a sergeant by cutting down two or three Russian lancers who had attacked from the rear. Later in the battle he killed another Russian who had been attacking a private.
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