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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 "McLeod Innes" in "Victoria Crosses awarded during the Indian Mutiny 1857-59" Surname  McLeod Innes    
First Names  J J    
Rank  Lieutenant (now Major)    
Regiment  Bengal Engineers    
Dates of Bravery  23 Feb 1858    
Description  At the action of Sultanpore, Lieutenant Innes, far in advance of the leading skirmishers, was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this, they rallied round another gun further back, from which the shot would, in another instant, have ploughed through our advancing columns, when Lieutenant Innes rode up, unsupported, shot the gunner who was about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post, the mark for a hundred matchlockmen, who were sheltered in some adjoining huts, kept the artillerymen at bay until assistance reached him. [Letter from Major-General Thomas Harte Franks, K.C.B., of the 12th March 1858.]    
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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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