The heroic act
in which Sergeant Parker took part will be found described in
detail in the record of
Major Phipps-Hornby. The bravery
exhibited by ail concerned in the affair at Korn Spruit on March
31, 1900, was so marked as to render it impossible to single out
any individual for special merit. Therefore the Commander-inChief
decided to treat the case as coming under Rule 13 of the
Victoria Cross Warrant, and Sergeant Parker was elected by the
non-commissioned officers of the Battery as the representative
they considered most worthy of the decoration.
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