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 Victoria Crosses awarded during the Indian Mutiny 1857-59

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DescriptionA list of officers and NCOs who were awarded the Victoria Cross for Acts of Bravery during the Indian Mutiny 1857-59.
Date transcribed2009-11-06
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentThe dates and details are given for each Act of Bravery singled out for the award of the Victoria Cross to Officers and NCOs of the Bengal Army.

View all other items of "Surname" with value "Gill" in "Victoria Crosses awarded during the Indian Mutiny 1857-59" Surname  Gill    
First Names  P    
Rank  Serjeant-Major (now Ensign)    
Regiment  Loodiana Regiment    
Dates of Bravery  4 Jun 1857    
Description  This Non-Commissioned Officer also conducted himself with gallantry at Benares on the night of the 4th June 1857. He volunteered with Sergeant-Major Rosamond, of the 37th N. I., to bring in Captain Brown, Pension Pay-master, and his family, from a detached bungalow to the barracks, and saved the life of the Quarter-Master Sergeant of the 25th N. I. in the early part of the evening, by cutting off the head of the Sepoy who had just bayonetted him. Sergeant-Major Gill states, that on the same night he faced a guard of twenty-seven men with only a Sergeant's sword ; and it is also represented that he twice saved the life of Major Barett, 27th N. I., when attacked by the Sepoys of his own Regiment.    
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Data extracted from the book "War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army" by Captain T.C. Anderson, published in 1863.
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