Lodge was 33 years old, and a gunner in "Q" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC: On 31 March 1900 at Sanna's Post (aka Korn Spruit), South Africa, "Q" and "U" batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery were ambushed with the loss of most of the baggage column and five guns of the leading battery. When the alarm was given, 'Q' Battery went into action 1150 yards from the spruit, until the order to retire was received, when Major Edmund John Phipps-Hornby (VC) commanding the battery ordered the guns and their limbers to be run back by hand to a safe place. This most exhausting operation was carried out by, among others, Gunner Lodge, Sergeant Charles Parker (VC) and Driver Horace Glassock VC. When at last all but one of the guns and one limber had been moved to safety, the battery was reformed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Lodge
Driver Horace Glassock's headstone from Finda Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=glasock&GSfn=horace&GSmn=henry&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=11302706&df=all&
Sergeant Charles Edward Parker from Finda Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11302761
To complete the quartet of grave photos of VC's from that action. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_John_Phipps-Hornby