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ALEX ANDER LAFONE VC
A cavalry squadron’s last stand and a Liverpudlian major’s act of selfless courage prevented the Ottomans foiling a decisive operation
The battlefield at El Buqqar as it is today
As the Ottomans charged for the third time, Major Alexander Lafone of the 1/1st County of London Yeomanry knew that there was only one way he could buy more time for his wounded to escape.
For six long, hot hours his small yeomanry detachment had held off at least a regiment of horsemen. Calmly, he climbed from the shelter of his trench and stepped out with his weapon raised, firing until he fell, mortally wounded.
