The Hon. Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (VC, KCB) was 37 years old, and a Colonel in the 3rd Bn., Grenadier Guards, during the Crimean War when the following act of bravery took place for which he was awarded the VC.

His citation reads:

On 5 November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea, Colonel Percy was with a number of men from various regiments who had charged too far, were nearly surrounded by the enemy and without ammunition.

St. Nicholas Chapel, Westminster Abbey

Although wounded, the colonel extricated some 50 of the men passing under heavy fire from the enemy and bringing them to a place of safety, where they obtained fresh ammunition and were able to continue fighting.

He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant General.

The Hon. Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (VC, KCB) was born in Cobham, Surrey on 22 August 1817 and died on 3 December 1877 in London. He is buried in St Nicholas Chapel, Westminster Abbey (Northumberland vault).

His Victoria Cross is held at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England.