Colonel Sir Percival Marling, V.C., King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Signature, on card, ‘Marling, Stanley Park, 1902’, mounted with his book plate, good condition £30-40

V.C. London Gazette 21 May 1884.

‘On 13 March 1884 in the Sudan, Lieutenant Marling risked his life to save that of a private of the Royal Sussex Regiment who had been shot. The private fell off the lieutenant’s horse as soon as he was put up in front, so, although the enemy were pressing closely, Lieutenant Marling carried the wounded man to a place of comparative safety’ (Ref. The Register of the Victoria Cross).