Cornet William Bankes VC - 7th ( Queen's Own ) Hussars

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: INDIA ( NAMES A to F )

Name ABDUL HAFIZ John,
ALEXANDER		 William George Hawtry,
BANKES		 James,
BERGIN
Rank Jemadar Private Cornet Private
Force 3rd Bn, 9th Jat Regiment, Indian Army 90th Perthshire Light Infantry,
( Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ))		 7th ( Queen's Own ) Hussars 33rd Regiment,
( Duke of Wellington's Regiment )
VC won Imphal, India,
6 April 1944		 Sebastopol, Crimea,
18 June 1855		 Moosa Bagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
19 March 1858		 Magdala, Abyssinia,
13 April 1868
London Gaz 27 July 1944 24 February 1857 24 December 1858 28 July 1868
Born Kalanaur Village, Punjab, India,
4 September 1915		 Mullingar, Co Westmeath,
Unknown		 Kingston Lacy, Dorset,
11 September 1836		 Killbricken, Co Laois,
29 June 1845
Died 6 April 1944,
Imphal, India		 24 September 1857,
Alumbagh, Lucknow, India		 6 April 1858,
Lucknow, India		 1 December 1880,
Poona, India
Grave Imphal Indian Army War Cemetery Presumed buried where he fell Exact location in Lucknow unknown St Patrick's Churchyard, Poona,
( grave not marked )
Location
of VC		 Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum, Halifax
Remarks None None None None

INDIA ( A to F )

Name BHANDARI RAM Robert,
BLAIR		 Gonville,
BROMHEAD		 CHATTA SINGH
Rank Subadar Captain Major Havildar
Force 16th Bn, 10th Baluch Regiment, Indian Army 2nd Dragoon Guards ( The Queen's Bays ) 2nd Bn, 24th ( Warwickshire ) Regiment,
( later South Wales Borderers )		 9th Bhopal Infantry
VC won Arakan, Burma,
22 November 1944		 Bolundshadur, Indian Mutiny,
28 September 1857		 Rorke's Drift, Zululand,
22 - 23 January 1879		 Battle of Wadi, Abyssinia,
13 January 1916
London Gaz 8 February 1945 18 June 1858 2 May 1879 21 June 1916
Born Pargna Gugeda Village, India,
24 July 1919		 Linlinthgow, Lothian,
13 March 1834		 Versailles, France,
29 August 1845		 Cawnpore, India,
1886
Died 19 May 2002,
Auhur, Himachal Pradesh, India		 28 March 1859,
Cawnpore, India *		 9 February 1891,
Allahabad, India *		 28 March 1961,
Tilsara, Kanpur, India
Grave Cremated Auhur, Himachal Pradesh Old British Cemetery,
( grave not marked )		 New Cantonment Cemetery, Allahabad
( image courtesy Iain MacFarlaine )		 Cremated Tilsara Village
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London		 South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon Not publicly held
Remarks None * Died from smallpox * Died from enteric fever None

INDIA ( A to F )

Name Herbert Mackworth,
CLOGSTOUN		 John,
COLEMAN		 Walter,
COOK		 DARWAN SINGH NEGI
Rank Major Sergeant Private Subadar
Force 2nd Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent 97th Regiment,
( Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment )		 42nd Regiment,
( The Black Watch )		 1st Bn, 39th Garhwal Rifles
VC won Chichumbah, Indian Mutiny,
15 January 1859		 Sebastopol, Crimea,
30 August 1855		 Maylah Ghat, Indian Mutiny,
15 January 1859		 Festubert, France,
23 - 24 November 1914
London Gaz 21 October 1859 24 February 1857 18 June 1859 7 December 1914
Born Port of Spain, Trinidad,
13 June 1820		 St Mary-in-the-Marsh, Kent,
12 July 1798		 London,
18 June 1834		 Karbartir Village, India,
4 March 1883
Died 6 May 1862,
Hingoli, India		 21 May 1858,
Lucknow, India		 C 1864,
Believed drowned in the River Ravi, India		 24 June 1950,
Kafarteer Village, India
Grave Hingoli Cemetery Burial location unknown No known grave Cremated Karfarteer Village
Location
of VC		 National Army Museum, London Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum, Maidstone Not publicly held Darwan Singh Museum, Lansdowne, India
Remarks None None None None

INDIA ( A to F )

Name Roland Edward,
ELCOCK		 John,
FARRELL		 Richard,
FITZGERALD		 Andrew,
FITZGIBBON
Rank Major Quartermaster Sergeant Gunner Apothecary
Force 11th Bn, The Royal Scots 17th Lancers
( Duke of Cambridge's Own )		 Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Subordinate Medical Service
VC won Capelle St Catherine, France,
15 October 1918		 Balaclava, Crimea,
25 October 1854 *		 Bolundshadur, Indian Mutiny,
28 September 1857		 Taku Forts, China,
21 August 1860 *
London Gaz 26 December 1918 20 November 1857 24 April 1858 13 August 1861
Born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire,
5 June 1899		 Dublin,
March 1826		 St Finbars, Cork,
December 1831		 Petoragurh, India,
13 May 1845
Died 6 October 1944,
Dehra Dun, India *		 31 August 1865,
Secunderabad, India		 Not known 7 March 1883,
Delhi, India
Grave Dehra Dun Cemetery
Dehra Dun Cemetery		 Secunderabad Cemetery,
( grave not marked )		 Not known Old Delhi Military Cemetery,
( grave not marked )
Location
of VC		 Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Not publicly held Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Believed buried with Fitzgibbon
Remarks MM
* Serving with the Indian Army during WWII		 * Charge of the Light Brigade Ongoing investigation * Aged 15 years and 3 months

INDIA ( A to F )

Name George,
FORREST


Rank Captain


Force Bengal Veteran Establishment


VC won Delhi Magazine, Indian Mutiny,
11 May 1857


London Gaz 18 June 1858


Born Dublin,
1800


Died 3 November 1859,
Dehra Dun, India


Grave Dehra Dun Cemetery ( mausoleum )
( image courtesy Iain MacFarlaine )


Location
of VC		 Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London


Remarks None


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