Samuel Hodge

Samuel Hodge
Louis William Desanges, The Capture of Tubabecelong, Gambia, 1866 (detail)
Bornc. 1840
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Died14 January 1868
British Honduras
Buried
Belize City Military Cemetery
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankLance Corporal
Unit4th Battalion West India Regiment
AwardsVictoria Cross

Samuel Hodge, VC (c. 1840 – 14 January 1868) was a West Indian soldier in the British Army and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth soldiers. From the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, he was the second black man to be awarded the Victoria Cross after William Hall.[1]