Edmond William Costello (VC, CMG, CVO, DSO, Croix de Guerre (France)) (August 7, 1873 - June 7, 1949) was born in Sheikhbudia, North West Frontier (now know as Punjab (India)) and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross.
He was 23 years old, and a lieutenant in the 22nd Punjab Infantry, Indian Army during the Malakand Frontier War, India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 26 July 1897 at Malakand on the Indian Frontier, Lieutenant Costello went out from the hospital enclosure and with the assistance of two sepoys, brought in a wounded lance-havildar who was lying 60 yards (55 m) away, in the open, on the football ground. This ground was at the time over-run with swordsmen and swept by a heavy fire from both the enemy and our own men who were holding the sapper lines.
Edmond Costello was invested with his Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on the 2nd December 1897.
He was 23 years old, and a lieutenant in the 22nd Punjab Infantry, Indian Army during the Malakand Frontier War, India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 26 July 1897 at Malakand on the Indian Frontier, Lieutenant Costello went out from the hospital enclosure and with the assistance of two sepoys, brought in a wounded lance-havildar who was lying 60 yards (55 m) away, in the open, on the football ground. This ground was at the time over-run with swordsmen and swept by a heavy fire from both the enemy and our own men who were holding the sapper lines.
Edmond Costello was invested with his Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on the 2nd December 1897.
Edmond William Costello (VC, CMG, CVO, DSO, Croix de Guerre (France)) (August 7, 1873 - June 7, 1949) was born in Sheikhbudia, North West Frontier (now know as Punjab (India)) and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross.
He was 23 years old, and a lieutenant in the 22nd Punjab Infantry, Indian Army during the Malakand Frontier War, India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 26 July 1897 at Malakand on the Indian Frontier, Lieutenant Costello went out from the hospital enclosure and with the assistance of two sepoys, brought in a wounded lance-havildar who was lying 60 yards (55 m) away, in the open, on the football ground. This ground was at the time over-run with swordsmen and swept by a heavy fire from both the enemy and our own men who were holding the sapper lines.
Edmond Costello was invested with his Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on the 2nd December 1897.
He was 23 years old, and a lieutenant in the 22nd Punjab Infantry, Indian Army during the Malakand Frontier War, India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 26 July 1897 at Malakand on the Indian Frontier, Lieutenant Costello went out from the hospital enclosure and with the assistance of two sepoys, brought in a wounded lance-havildar who was lying 60 yards (55 m) away, in the open, on the football ground. This ground was at the time over-run with swordsmen and swept by a heavy fire from both the enemy and our own men who were holding the sapper lines.
Edmond Costello was invested with his Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on the 2nd December 1897.
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