Conwyn Mansel-Jones

Colonel Conwyn Mansel-Jones (14 June 1871 – 29 May 1942) was an English British Army officer. He was a 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.

Early career Born in Beddington, Surrey, and educated at Haileybury College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1892, and served with his regiment in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War of 1895–96 and in British Central Africa in 1898, He was recalled to the West Yorkshire Regiment at the outset of the Second Boer War in late 1899, and sent to South Africa. He was wounded on 27 February 1900, during the battle of the Tugela Heights, two days before the actual relief of Ladysmith.

It was during the battle of the Tugela Heights that Mansel-Jones, then 28 years old, undertook the following deed for which he was awarded the VC:

Later career He remained in the army in recruiting until he retired due to his wounds in 1910. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, He became a temporary lieutenant-colonel in December 1915, and a brevet lieutenant-colonel in June 1917. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in June 1915, received the French Legion of Honour, was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1918 and was six times mentioned in Despatches.