Career
Perie was approximately 25 years old, and a sapper in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 18 June 1855 during the Siege of Sevastopol, Sapper Perie showed conspicuous gallantry, with a lieutenant (Gerald Graham) in leading a ladder party at the assault on the Redan. He also volunteered to go with the lieutenant to help bring in a wounded sailor lying in the open, even though he was himself suffering from a musket wound in the side.