Today's Birthdays

one click shows all of today's celebrity birthdays

Browse All Birthdays

43,625    Actors
27,931    Actresses
4,867    Composers
7,058    Directors
842    Footballers
221    Racing drivers
925    Singers
9,111    Writers

Get FamousLikeMe on your website
One line of code gets FamousLikeMe on your website. Find out more.

Subscribe to Daily updates


Add to Google

privacy policy



Famous Like Me > Actor > A > John Alexander

Profile of John Alexander on Famous Like Me

 
Name: John Alexander  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 21st October 1923
   
Place of Birth: Meridian, Mississippi, USA
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
John Alexander is also the birth name of the late US singer, Johnny Ace. John Grant Alexander was a politician from Minnesota

John Alexander (? - September 24, 1857) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross.

Alexander was a Private in the 90th Regiment (later The Cameronians - Scottish Rifles), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On June 18, 1855 after the attack on the Redan at Sebastopol, Crimea, Alexander went out from the trenches under very heavy fire and brought in several wounded men. On September 6, when he was with a working party in the most advanced trench, he went out under heavy fire and helped to bring in a captain who was severely wounded. He was killed in action in Lucknow, India, on September 24, 1857.

Alexander's Victoria Cross is displayed at the National War Museum of Scotland at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.

This content from Wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article John Alexander