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Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, VC & Bar, VD, FRCS (4 April 1874 – 22 June 1953) was an English physician, officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and a double recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Surgeon-Major Arthur Martin-Leake, VC, RAMC A half-length portrait of Martin-Leake seated in an armchair. He wears a dark overcoat, holds his gloves and hat in his left hand, and a cigarette in his right. by Alfred Egerton Cooper
Arthur Martin Leake. (1874-1953), Surgeon; recipient of the Victoria Cross. Sitter in 3 portraits. Only three people have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice. Two of them were non-combatants: Arthur Martin Leake and Noel Godfrey Chavasse. Army surgeon Martin Leake was the first to achieve this extraordinary distinction.
At the beginning of February 1902, the commander of the South African Constabulary around Heidelberg, south-east of Johannesburg in the Transvaal, was ordered to move forward a line of posts held by his men south-east of Heidelberg.
Major Arthur Martin-Leake, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1902 (c) Watercolour by Alfred Crowdt Lovett, 1902 (c). Martin-Leake won his first Victoria Cross in South Africa during the Boer War (1899-1902).
Oct 1, 2017 · Arthur Martin-Leake was the first of only three men in history who managed to get the prestigious Victoria Cross for Valor twice. A shot reference of his life,...
- Lieutenant Arthur Martin-Leake, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was awarded the Victoria Cross on 13 May, 1902, is granted a clasp for conspicuous bravery in the present campaign.
