John Berryman (VC)
John Berryman VC was a British Army non-commissioned officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Victoria Cross action
Born in Dudley, England, Berriman was 29 years old, and a Troop Sergeant-Major in the 17th Lancers during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 25 October 1854 at Balaclava, Crimea, Troop Sergeant-Major Berryman, whose horse had been shot under him, stopped on the field with a wounded officer amidst a storm of shot and shell. Two sergeants came to his assistance and between them they carried the wounded officer out of range of the guns.Berryman later achieved the rank of major and transferred to the 5th Lancers in 1880.
He died at Woldingham, Surrey
