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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1859–1945)}}<br />
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|name= John Crimmin<br />
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1859|3|19|df=yes}}<br />
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1945|2|20|1859|3|19|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place= Kilballyowen, [[Bruff]], County Limerick, Ireland<br />
|death_place= [[Wells, Somerset|Wells]], Somerset, England<br />
|placeofburial= Wells Cemetery, [[Somerset]]<br />
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|unit= Bombay Medical Service, [[Indian Army]]<br />
|battles=[[Karen-Ni Expedition, Burma]]<br />
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[[Colonel]] '''John Crimmin''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|VC|CB|CIE|VD}} (19 March 1859 &ndash; 20 February 1945) was an [[Irish people|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 [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces. He also served as the Hon. Physician to H.M. The King.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
John Crimmin was born on 19 March 1859.<ref name=VCandDSO>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UIosmy8NRwQC&pg=PA104&ci=83%2C745%2C412%2C461 |title=The V.C. and D.S.O. |volume=I |editor1-first=O'Moore |editor1-last=Creagh |editor1-link=O'Moore Creagh |editor2-first=E. M. |editor2-last=Humphris |publisher=The Standard Art Book Company |place=London |page=104 |date=1924 |access-date=2025-03-19 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He was 29 years old, and a [[surgeon]] in the [[Bombay Medical Service]], [[Indian Army]] during the [[Karen-Ni Expedition, Burma]]<ref name="RAMC">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ramcjournal.com/2009/jun09/starling.pdf | title=The Medical Victoria Crosses | author=Starling, PH | journal=RAMC Journal | date=June 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729134523/http://www.ramcjournal.com/2009/jun09/starling.pdf | archivedate=2012-07-29 }}</ref> when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.<br />
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{{blockquote|On 1 January 1889, in the action near [[Loikaw|Lwekaw]], Eastern Karenni, [[Myanmar|Burma (now Myanmar)]], a lieutenant and four men charged into a large body of the enemy and two men were wounded. Surgeon John Crimmin attended one of them under enemy fire and he then joined the firing line and helped in driving the enemy from small clumps of trees where they had taken shelter. Later while Surgeon Crimmin was attending a wounded man several of the enemy rushed out at him. He thrust his sword through one of them, attacked a second and a third dropped from the fire of a [[sepoy]]. The remainder fled.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25975 |date=17 September 1889 |page=4989}}</ref>}}<br />
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He continued to serve in the Bombay Medical Service, where he was listed as Health officer at the Port of Bombay in 1902.<ref>Hart's army list, 1903</ref> He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in the [[1901 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27261 |date=1 January 1901 |page=2}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] on 30 September 1902,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27516 |date=16 January 1903 |page=313}}</ref> and achieved the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] on 1 October 1913.<ref name=VCandDSO/> <br />
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He died at Woodbury House, [[Wells, Somerset]], 20 February 1945.<br />
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==References==<br />
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*''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (1981, 1988 and 1997)<br />
*{{cite journal|first=Brian D. H.|last=Clarke|title=A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men|journal=[[The Irish Sword]]|volume=XVI |issue=64|pages=185–287|year=1986}}<br />
*''[[Ireland's VCs]]'' (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)<br />
*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)<br />
*''[[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross]]'' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141928/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/somerset.htm Location of grave and VC medal] (Somerset)<br />
*[http://www.barmy.co.uk/ramc/crimmon.htm Colonel J. Crimmin]<br />
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