Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22896/pages/4552. Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Pickard, Royal Artillery. On 20th November 1863 at Rangiriri, New Zealand, during an assault on the enemy's position, Lieutenant Pickard, together with an assistant surgeon, exposed themselves to imminent danger in crossing the entrance to the Maori Keep, at a point upon which the enemy were concentrating their fire, in order to render assistance to the wounded. Lieutenant Pickard crossed and re-crossed the parapet to procure water for the wounded, when none of the men could be induced to perform this service, as the space traversed was exposed to enemy cross-fire.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22896/pages/4552. Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Pickard, Royal Artillery. On 20th November 1863 at Rangiriri, New Zealand, during an assault on the enemy's position, Lieutenant Pickard, together with an assistant surgeon, exposed themselves to imminent danger in crossing the entrance to the Maori Keep, at a point upon which the enemy were concentrating their fire, in order to render assistance to the wounded. Lieutenant Pickard crossed and re-crossed the parapet to procure water for the wounded, when none of the men could be induced to perform this service, as the space traversed was exposed to enemy cross-fire.