George Edward Nurse VC (14 April 1873 – 25 November 1945) was born in Enniskillen,[1] County Fermanagh, Ireland.

Nurse was 26 years old, and a corporal in the 66th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, British Army, during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place during the Battle of Colenso for which he was awarded the VC: At Colenso on the 15th December, 1899, the detachments serving the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, had all been either killed, wounded, or driven from their guns by Infantry fire at close range, and the guns were deserted.

About 500 yards behind the guns was a donga in which some of the few horses and drivers left alive were sheltered.

[2]He achieved the rank of lieutenant with the Royal Artillery during World War I.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, London.