Wilbraham Oates Lennox
Lieutenant-General Sir Wilbraham Oates Lennox (4 August 1830 – 7 February 1897) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), 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 the first Royal Engineer officer to win the VC. Early life Lennox was born at Goodwood, West Sussex, the son of Lord John Lennox and Louisa Frederica Rodney, and the grandson of Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Captain John Rodney, RN. Lennox attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and in June 1848 was commissioned second-lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. After further training he was posted to Ceylon in 1850, leaving in 1854 to take part in the Crimean War. Here he took part in the Battle of Inkerman and the Siege of Sevastopol. VC action Lennox was a 24 years old lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army, at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, when he was awar ...
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