THE VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO LIEUTENANT PETER GILL, LUDHIANA REGIMENT OF SIKHS, INDIAN ARMY, HAS BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION BY SPINK OF LONDON. |
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22 November 2012 |
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Medal entitlement of Lieutenant Peter Gill, Ludihana Regiment
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The Victoria Cross awarded to Sergeant-Major ( later Lieutenant ) Peter Gill, Ludhiana Regiment of Sikhs, Indian Army, has been sold at auction by the London auctioneers Spink on the 22nd November 2012. ( The whereabouts of Peter Gill's campaign medals is not known. ) The Victoria Cross realised a hammer price of £70,000. The identity of the purchaser has not been revealed. |
For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 24 August 1858 ], Benares, Indian Mutiny, 4 June 1857, Sergeant Major Peter Gill, Ludhiana Regiment of Sikhs.
This Non-Commissioned Officer also conducted himself with gallantry at Benares, on the night of the 4th of June 1857.
Peter Gill was invested with his Victoria Cross in February 1859 in India. By whom and the location is not known.
Peter Gill died, aged 52, on the 24th October 1868 at Morar, India, and was buried in the Artillery Lines Cemetery, Gwalior. His grave is unmarked. |
Iain Stewart, 22 November 2012