Alexander Stanhope Cobbe (VC, GCB, KCSI, DSO) 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.
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He was 32 years old, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army, attd. King's African Rifles during the Second Somaliland Expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 6 October 1902 at Erego , Somaliland (now Somalia), when some of the companies had retired, Lieutenant Colonel Cobbe was left by himself with a Maxim gun. Without assistance he brought in the Maxim and used it most effectively at a critical time in the engagement. He then went out under very hot fire from the enemy and succeeded in bringing in a wounded orderly.
Further information
He later achieved the rank of General.
The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the South Wales Borderers Museum (Brecon, Powys, Wales).
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