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:John Alexander is also the birth name of the late
US singer, Johnny Ace. John Grant Alexander was a
politician from Minnesota

John Alexander (? - September 24, 1857) was an
Ireland|Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross.

Alexander was a Private (rank)|Private in the 90th
Regiment (later The Cameronians - Scottish
Rifles), British Army during the Crimean War when
the following deed took place for which he was
awarded the VC.

On June 18, 1855 after the attack on the Redan at
Sevastopol|Sebastopol, Crimea, Alexander went out
from the trenches under very heavy fire and
brought in several wounded men. On September 6,
when he was with a working party in the most
advanced trench, he went out under heavy fire and
helped to bring in a captain who was severely
wounded. He was killed in action in Lucknow,
India, on September 24, 1857.

Alexander's Victoria Cross is displayed at the
National War Museum of Scotland at Edinburgh
Castle in Scotland.

==References==
*Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard
Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
*Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England,
1997)

==External Links==
*http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/gginatob.htm
Burial location of John Alexander "India"
*http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ccnwmsco.htm
Location of John Alexander's Victoria Cross
"National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh"


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