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| Name | John, COOK |
James, DUNDAS |
Walter Richard Pollock, HAMILTON |
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| Rank | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | |
| Force | 5th Gurkha Regiment | Corps of Bengal Sappers & Miners | Queen's Own Corps of Guides ( Cavalry ) | |
| VC won | Piewar Kotal, Afghan War, 2 December 1878 |
Bhootan, India, 2 April 1865 |
Futtehabad, Afghan War, 2 April 1879 |
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| London Gaz | 18 March 1879 | 31 December 1867 | 1 September 1879 | |
| Born | Edinburgh, Scotland, 28 August 1843 |
Edinburgh, Scotland, 12 September 1842 |
Inistioge, Co Kilkenny, Ireland, 18 August 1856 |
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| Died | 19 December 1879, Shaf Massif, South of Sherpur |
23 December 1879, Sherpur Cantonment |
3 September 1879, British Embassy, Kabul |
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| Grave | Sherpur Cantonment Cemetery, Kabul | Seah Sang Cemetery, Near Sherpur, Kabul | Near where he fell, Kabul, ( grave not marked ) |
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| Location of VC |
Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
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| Remarks | None | None | None |
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