Fenton Aylmer
| Sir Fenton John Aylmer Bt | |
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Lieutenant General Sir Fenton John Aylmer, 13th Baronet of Donadea VC KCB
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| Born |
5 April 1862 Hastings, Sussex |
| Died | 3 September 1935 (aged 73) Lingfield Road, Wimbledon, Surrey |
| Buried | Golders Green, London |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Corps of Royal Engineers |
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| Awards |
Victoria Cross Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| Relations | Elsie Julie Oppermann (wife) |
Lieutenant-General Sir Fenton John Aylmer, 13th Baronet, VC, KCB (5 April 1862 – 3 September 1935) was an Anglo-Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross. He was in command of the first failed efforts to break the siege of Kut in 1916. From a military background, Aylmer was commissioned into the Indian Army, and immediately involved in fierce fighting on the north-west frontier. In a singularly heroic action, still in his twenties, he helped rescue Townshend's garrison at Chitral, spearheading the relief column. For his valorous conduct he was awarded the Victoria Cross, and rapid promotion through the officer class.
Born the son of Captain Fenton John Aylmer (24 December 1835 – 9 April 1862) and Isabella Eleanor Darling (died 27 December 1908). Aylmer attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, as a Gentleman Cadet and was promoted Lieutenant on 27 July 1880. He took part in the Burma expedition between 1886 and 1887.
Fenton was 29 years old, and a captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army and Bengal Sappers & Miners (British Indian Army), during the Hunza–Nagar Campaign, India when he won the Victoria Cross in 1891 for the following deed:
On 2 December 1891 during the assault on Nilt Fort, British India, Captain Aylmer, with the storming party, forced open the inner gate with gun-cotton which he had placed and ignited, and although severely wounded, fired 19 shots with his revolver, killing several of the enemy, and remained fighting until, fainting from loss of blood, he was carried out of action.
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