General Sir Charles Gough VC GCB - Corps of Guides Cavalry ( Hodson's Horse )


Honourable East India Company and Indian Army
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( 1857 - 1859 )


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HEIC & Indian Army VCs awarded for the Persian War ( 1856 - 57 )
Rank First Name Last Name Regiment
Captain John Grant MALCOLMSON 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry
Major General Arthur Thomas MOORE 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry
Colonel John Augustus WOOD 20th Bombay Native Infantry

HEIC & Indian Army VCs awarded for the Indian Mutiny ( 1857 - 59 )
Rank First Name Last Name Regiment
Colonel Frederick Robertson AIKMAN 3rd Sikh Irregular Cavalry
( ex - 4th Bengal Native Infantry )
Colonel Robert Hope AITKEN 13th Bengal Native Infantry
Lieutenant Charles George BAKER 1st Bengal Military Police Battalion
General James BLAIR 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
Lieutenant Colonel Francis David BROWN 1st Bengal ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Munster Fusiliers )
General Samuel James BROWNE 2nd Punjab Irregular Cavalry
( ex - 46th Bengal Native Infantry )
Conductor John BUCKLEY Bengal Ordnance Establishment
Major Thomas Adair BUTLER 1st Bengal ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Munster Fusiliers )
Colonel Thomas CADELL 2nd Bengal ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Munster Fusiliers )
General William Martin CAFE 4th Punjab Irregular Infantry
( ex - 56th Bengal Native Infantry )
Mr George Bell CHICKEN Indian Naval Brigade ( Volunteer )
( Official Unawarded Victoria Cross )
Mr George Bell CHICKEN Indian Naval Brigade ( Volunteer )
( Official Duplicate Victoria Cross )
Major Herbert Mackworth CLOGSTOUN 19th Madras Native Infantry
( att'd 2nd Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent )
Gunner William CONNOLLY Bengal Horse Artillery
Colonel William George CUBITT 13th Bengal Native Infantry
Colonel John Charles DAUNT Bengal Military Police Battalion
( ex - 70th Bengal Native Infantry )
Sergeant Bernard DIAMOND Bengal Horse Artillery
Private Thomas DUFFY 1st Madras ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Dublin Fusiliers )
Gunner Richard FITZGERALD Bengal Horse Artillery
Captain George FORREST Bengal Veteran Establishment
Lieutenant Peter GILL Ludihana Regiment, Indian Army
General Hugh Henry GOUGH Hodson's Horse
( ex - 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry )
General Charles John GOUGH Corps of Guides Cavalry & Hodson's Horse
Captain Hastings Edward HARINGTON Bengal Artillery
Lieutenant General Sir James HILLS-JOHNES Bengal Horse Artillery
Lieutenant Duncan Charles HOME Bengal Engineers
Lieutenant General James John INNES Bengal Engineers
Lieutenant Hanson Chambers JARRETT 20th Punjab Native Infantry
( ex - 26th Bengal Native Infantry )
Rough Rider Edward JENNINGS Bengal Artillery
Mr Thomas Henry KAVANAGH Bengal Civil Service ( Clerk at Lucknow )
Lieutenant General Richard Harte KEATINGE Bombay Artillery
Captain William Alexander KERR Southern Mahratta Horse
( ex - 24th Bombay Native Infantry )
Gunner Thomas LAUGHNAN Bengal Artillery
Lieutenant General Harry Hammon LYSTER Staff - Central India Field Force
( ex - 72nd Bengal Native Infantry )
Sergeant Patrick MAHONEY 1st Madras ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Dublin Fusiliers )
Mr Ross Lowis MANGLES Bengal Civil Service ( Magistrate at Patna )
Midshipman Arthur MAYO Indian Navy ( Naval Brigade )
Mr William Fraser MCDONELL Bengal Civil Service ( Magistrate at Sarun )
Private John MCGOVERN 1st Bengal ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Munster Fusiliers )
Sergeant James MCGUIRE 1st Bengal ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Munster Fusiliers )
Conductor James MILLER Bengal Ordnance Department
General William OLPHERTS Bengal Artillery
Gunner James PARK Bengal Artillery
Ensign Everard Aloysius PHILLIPPS 60th Rifles ( King's Royal Rifle Corps )
( ex - 11th Bengal Native Infantry )
General Sir Harry North PRENDERGAST Madras Engineers
General Dighton MacNaughten PROBYN 2nd Punjab Irregular Cavalry
Captain William RAYNOR Bengal Veteran Establishment
Major General George Alexander RENNY Bengal Horse Artillery
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh - Earl ROBERTS Bengal Artillery
Colonel Patrick RODDY Oudh Military Police Cavalry
Lieutenant Matthew ROSAMUND 37th Bengal Native Infantry
Drummer Miles RYAN 1st Bengal ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Munster Fusiliers )
Sergeant John RYAN 1st Madras ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Dublin Fusiliers )
Captain Robert Haydon SHEBBEARE Corps of Guides ( Infantry )
( ex - 60th Bengal Native Infantry )
Sergeant John SMITH Bengal Sappers & Miners
Private John Thomas SMITH 1st Madras ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Royal Dublin Fusiliers )
Colonel Edward Talbot THACKERAY Bengal Engineers
Sergeant Jacob THOMAS Bengal Artillery
Major General Sir Henry TOMBS Bengal Horse Artillery
General James TRAVERS Commandant The Bhopal Contingent
Brigadier General John Adam TYTLER 66th ( Goorkha ) Bengal Native Infantry
Colonel William Francis WALLER 25th Bengal Native Infantry
General Sir John WATSON 1st Punjab Irregular Cavalry
Private Frederick WHIRLPOOL 3rd Bombay ( European ) Fusiliers
( later Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment )
Field Marshal Evelyn WOOD 17th Lancers ( Duke of Cambridge's Own )
att'd 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry

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