Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, he was a surgeon serving as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army. In actions at Colenso, South Africa, on December 15, 1899, Major Babtie tended to the wounded men of the 14th and 16th Batteries of the Royal Field Artillery. Under heavy fire he rode out to where the wounded lay and attended them. Even when his horse was shot from underneath him, he continued to assist the wounded and also carried a wounded officer off the field. For most prestigious gallantry, he was awarded the Victoria Cross on April 20, 1900. Remaining in the Royal Army Medical Corps, he became a Lieutenant General, Surgeon-General at the War Office and was a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England. He died at the age of 61 in Knocke, Belgium.
Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, he was a surgeon serving as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army. In actions at Colenso, South Africa, on December 15, 1899, Major Babtie tended to the wounded men of the 14th and 16th Batteries of the Royal Field Artillery. Under heavy fire he rode out to where the wounded lay and attended them. Even when his horse was shot from underneath him, he continued to assist the wounded and also carried a wounded officer off the field. For most prestigious gallantry, he was awarded the Victoria Cross on April 20, 1900. Remaining in the Royal Army Medical Corps, he became a Lieutenant General, Surgeon-General at the War Office and was a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England. He died at the age of 61 in Knocke, Belgium.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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