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Norman William
(1832—1896)

William Norman of Warrington was an English 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. He was about 22 years old, and a private in the 7th Regiment during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 19 December 1854 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea, Private Norman was placed on single sentry duty some distance in front of the advanced sentries of an outlying piquet in the White Horse Ravine, a post of much danger and requiring great vigilance. The Russian piquet was posted about 300 yards in front of him, and three Russians came reconnoitering under cover of the brushwood. Private Norman single-handed, took two of them prisoner without alarming the piquet. He later served in the Umbeyla Campaign and achieved the rank of corporal.

Kiribati, 2006, Norman brining in single-handing two Russian prisoners