Nevill Coghill (VC)
Also known as: Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill
Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill VC was an Irish officer in the British Army and 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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Nevill Coghill (VC): Anglo-Zulu War
Coghill was twenty-six years old and a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot (2nd Warwickshires), British Army, during the Anglo-Zulu War, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
Nevill Coghill (VC): Isandlwana, 1879
On 22 January 1879, after the disaster of the Battle of Isandlwana, South Africa, Lieutenant Coghill joined Lieutenant Teignmouth Melvill who was trying to save the Queen's Colour of the Regiment.