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The Hon R Pomeroy was apparently awarded the Victoria Cross for saving a trooper of the Imperial Light Horse under heavy fire during a sortie from Ladysmith. Taddy cigarette cards of VC Heroes 1901-1904, number 85, depicts 'Lieut.the Hon.R.Pomeroy.V.C.' But there is no mention of R.Pomeroy (or Legge Pomeroy) in the lists of VC recipients. The Hon Ralph Legge Pomeroy was the author of the main regimental history of the 5th Dragoon Guards and various other regimental histories. Thepeerage.com makes no mention of his authorship or that he won the VC:
Ralph Legge Pomeroy, 8th Viscount Harberton, was born on 31 December 1869. He was the son of James Spencer Pomeroy, 6th Viscount Harberton and Florence Wallace Legge. He married Mary Katherine Leatham, daughter of Arthur William Leatham, on 25 June 1907. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902, where he was severely wounded. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the General Reserve Officers, 5th Dragoon Guards. He fought in the First World War. He was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1919. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (JP) for Northamptonshire. He succeeded to the title of 8th Baron Harberton of Carbery, co. Kildare on 22 April 1944. He succeeded to the title of 8th Viscount Harberton on 22 April 1944. He died on 4 July 1956 at age 86.
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