Anthony Palmer VC (10 March 1819 – 12 December 1892) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Career Grenadier Guards Palmer was about 35 years old, and a private in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 5 November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea, Private Palmer, with two other men were the first to volunteer to go with Brevet Major Sir Charles Russell to dislodge a party of Russians from the Sandbag Battery. The attack succeeded. During this action Private Palmer shot down an assailant who was in the act of bayoneting Russell, and so saved his life. He was also one of a small band which, by a desperate charge against overwhelming numbers, saved the Colours of the battalion from capture. 5th (Plaistow and Victoria Docks) Essex Rifle Volunteer Corps In 1874, Palmer was commissioned as a captain in the part-time 5th (Plaistow and Victoria Docks) Essex Rifle Volunteer Corps. Victoria Cross on display Palmer's Victoria Cross is displayed at The Guards Regimental Headquarters (Grenadier Guards RHQ), Wellington Barracks, London, England. Notes References Location of grave and VC medal (Lancashire) Heywood Cemetery Dead link 14 December 2014 Information on the Bentinck Medal External links 1819 births 1892 deaths People from Sandbach British recipients of the Victoria Cross Grenadier Guards soldiers Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army personnel of the Crimean War British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Volunteer Force officers