Indian Mutiny / Tirah Campaign / Looshai Expedition

VICTORIA CROSS HOLDERS SCOTLAND

Scottish VC recipients on these tables...
ADAMS Robert Bellew, AIKMAN Frederick Robertson, AITKEN Robert Hope Moncrieff, BLAIR James, BLAIR Robert, BOGLE Andrew Cathcart, CADELL Thomas, CAMERON Aylmer Spicer, COCHRANE Hugh Stewart, DAVIS James, FARQUHARSON Francis Edward Henry, FINCASTLE Viscount Alexander Edward Murray, FINDLATER George, GARDNER William, HOME Anthony Dickson, INNES James John, KERR William Alexander, LEITH James, MACINTYRE Donald, MACKAY David.

TABLE-1 : INDIAN MUTINY / TIRAH CAMPAIGN / LOOSHAI EXPEDITION

Name Robert Bellew,
ADAMS Frederick Robertson,
AIKMAN Robert Hope Moncrieff,
AITKEN James,
BLAIR

Rank Bt/Lieutenant Colonel. Lieutenant. Lieutenant. Captain.

Force Staff Corps & Corps of Guides, Indian Army. 4th Bengal Native Infantry, Indian Army. Commanding an advanced picket of 100 3rd Sikh Cavalry. 13th Bengal Native Infantry, Indian Army. 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry, Indian Army.

Age Forty-one. Thirty. Twenty-nine. Twenty-nine.

Campaign TIRAH CAMPAIGN INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY

VC won 17 August 1897. Nawa Kili, Upper Swat, India. 01 March 1858. Near Armethi, India. 30 June - 22 November 1857. Lucknow, India. 12 August 1857. Neemuch, India.

London Gaz 09 November 1897. 03 September 1858. 16 April 1863. 25 February 1862.

Date of Birth 26 July 1856. Muree, Punjab, India. 06 February 1828. Ross House on the outskirts of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 06 February 1828. Cupar, Fife, Scotland 27 January 1828. Nimach, Gwalior State, India.

Date of Death 13 February 1928. Inverness, Scotland. 05 October 1888. Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 18 September 1887. St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. 18 January 1905. Melrose, Scotland.

Interred Maryhill Crematorium, Glasgow. Ashes placed in Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness. Kensal Green Cemetery, West London, England. [Family vault]. Eastern Cemetery, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Trinity Churchyard, Melrose, Scotland.

Location of VC Not publicly held. Not publicly held. National Army Museum, Chelsea, England. Not publicly held.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Major General. Decorated KCB. Later achieved rank of Colonel 4th Middlesex Regiment. A member of the Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Later achieved rank of Colonel. Decorated CB. Later achieved rank of General. Decorated CB.

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TABLE-2 : INDIAN MUTINY / TIRAH CAMPAIGN / LOOSHAI EXPEDITION

Name Robert,
BLAIR Andrew Cathcart,
BOGLE Thomas,
CADELL Aylmer Spicer,
CAMERON

Rank Lieutenant. Lieutenant. Lieutenant. Lieutenant.

Force 2nd [The Queen's] Regiment of Dragoon Guards, British Army. Attd. 9th Regiment of [Light] Dragoons. 78th [Highlanders] Regiment of Foot [or The Ross-shire Buffs], British Army. 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers [later The Royal Munster Fusiliers]. 1st Bn., 72nd Regiment [later The Seaforth Highlanders - Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's], British Army.

Age Twenty-three. Twenty-eight. Twenty-one. Twenty-four.

Campaign INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY

VC won 28 September 1857. Bolandshahr, India. 29 July 1857. In the attack at Oonao, India. 12 June 1857. Delhi, India. 30 March 1858. Kotah, India.

London Gaz 18 June 1858. 02 September 1859. 29 April 1862. 11 November 1859.

Date of Birth 13 March 1834, Linlithgow, Scotland. 20 January 1829. Glasgow, Scotland. 05 September 1835. Cockenzie, East Lothian, Scotland. 12 August 1833.

Date of Death 28 March 1859, Cawnpore, India. 11 December 1890. Sherborne, Dorset, England. 06 April 1919. Edinburgh, Scotland. 10 June 1909. Alverstoke, Hampshire, England.

Interred Old British Cemetery [grave not marked]. Woking Crematorium - Tomb at St. Lawrence's Churchyard, Effingham, Surrey, England. Tranent Churchyard, East Edinburgh, Scotland. St. Mark's Churchyard, Highcliffe.

Location of VC 1st Queen's Dragoons Guards Museum, Cardiff. The Highlanders Museum, Fort George, Inverness, Scotland. Not publicly held. Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness, Scotland.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Captain. Killed in Action Cawnpore, India. Later achieved rank of Major. Later achieved rank of Colonel. Decorated CB. Later achieved rank of Colonel.

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TABLE-3 : INDIAN MUTINY & TIRAH CAMPAIGN / LOOSHAI EXPEDITION

Name Hugh Stewart,
COCHRANE James,
DAVIS Francis Edward Henry,
FARQUHARSON Viscount, Alexander Edward Murray,
FINCASTLE

Rank Lieutenant. Private. Lieutenant. Lieutenant.

Force 86th [County Down] Regiment [later The Royal Irish Rifles], British Army. 42nd Regiment of Foot. Later The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders], British Army. 42nd [The Royal Highland] Regiment of Foot, [subtitle "Black Watch" added 1861], British Army. 16th [The Queen's] Lancers, British Army.

Age Twenty-eight. Twenty-three. Twenty. Twenty-six.

Campaign INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY TIRAH CAMPAIGN

VC won 01 April 1858. Near Jhansi, India. 15 April 1858. During the attack on Fort Ruhya, India. 09 March 1858. Lucknow, India. 17 August 1897. Nawa Kili, Upper Swat, India.

London Gaz 24 December 1858. 27 May 1858. 16 June 1859. 09 November 1897.

Date of Birth 04 August 1829. Fort William, Scotland. February 1835. Edinburgh, Scotland. 25 March 1837. Glasgow, Scotland 22 April 1871.

Date of Death 23 April 1884. Southsea, England. 02 March 1893. Edinburgh, Scotland. 12 September 1875. Haberton. 29 January 1962. Sussex Place, West London.

Interred Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth, England. North Marchiston Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland. [unmarked grave]. St. Peter's Churchyard, Haberton. Golders Green Crematorium.

Location of VC Not publicly held. Not publicly held. The Black Watch Museum, Perth, Scotland. Not publicly held.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Colonel. Was born as James Davis KELLY. Later achieved rank of Major. Later the Earl of Dunmore. Served in the Boer War 1899-1900 and the Great War 1914-16. Other Decorations DSO, MVO. Later achieved rank of Major.

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TABLE-4 : INDIAN MUTINY & TIRAH CAMPAIGN / LOOSHAI EXPEDITION

Name George,
FINDLATER William,
GARDNER Anthony Dickson,
HOME James John,
INNES

Rank Piper. Colour Sergeant. Surgeon. Lieutenant.

Force 1st Bn., The Gordon Highlanders, British Army. 42nd [The Royal Highland] Regiment of Foot, [subtitle "Black Watch" added 1861], British Army. 90th Regiment of Foot [Perthshire Volunteers] later The Cameronians [Scottish Rifles], British Army. Bengal Engineers, Indian Army.

Age Thirty-five. Thirty-seven. Thirty. Twenty-eight.

Campaign TIRAH CAMPAIGN INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY

VC won 20 October 1897. During the attack on the Dargai Heights, Tirah, India. 05 May 1858. Bareilly, India. 26 September 1857. Lucknow, India. 23 February 1858. Sultanpore, India.

London Gaz 20 May 1898. 23 August 1858. 18 June 1858. 24 December 1858.

Date of Birth 15 February 1872. Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 03 March 1821. Nemphlar, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 30 November 1826. Dunbar, Scotland. 05 February 1830. Baghapur, India.

Date of Death 4th or 11th March 1942. Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 24 October 1897. Bothwell. 10 August 1914. Kensigton, West London, England. 13 December 1907, Cambridge, England.

Interred Forglen Cemetery, near Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Bothwell Park Cemetery. Highgate Cemetery [Westside]. City Cemetery, Cambridge, England.

Location of VC The Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen. Not publicly held. RAMC Museum, Aldershot, England. Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Pipe Major. Wounded in both ankles. Later to cause considerable controversy in the 'Findlater scandal.' Received his VC from Queen Victoria. Later achieved rank of Sergeant Major. Other Decorations MSM. On returning home he lived with his wife and 4 sons in Anchorage Cottage, Bothwell. Became Drill Sergeant for the Lanarkshire Volunteers. Later achieved rank of Surgeon General. Later Sir Anthony. Other Decorations KCB. Later achieved rank of Lieutenant General. Other Decorations CB.

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TABLE-5 : INDIAN MUTINY & TIRAH CAMPAIGN / LOOSHAI EXPEDITION

Name William Alexander,
KERR James,
LEITH Donald,
MACINTYRE David,
MACKAY

Rank Lieutenant. Lieutenant. Major. Private.

Force 24th Bombay Native Infantry, Indian Army. 14th [The Duchess of York's Own] Regiment of [Light] Dragoons, British Army. Bengal Staff Corps, Indian Army and 2nd Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army. 93rd [Highland] Regiment of Foot, [later The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders - Princess Louise's], British Army.

Age Twenty-five. Thirty-one. Forty. Twenty-seven.

Campaign INDIAN MUTINY INDIAN MUTINY LOOSHAI EXPEDITION INDIAN MUTINY

VC won 10 July 1857. Kolapore, India. 01 April 1858. Betwa, India. 04 January 1872. During the Looshai Campaign, North-East India. 16 November 1857* Lucknow, India.

London Gaz 24 April 1858. 24 December 1858. 27 December 1872. 24 December 1858.

Date of Birth 18 July 1831. Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland. 26 May 1826. Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 12 September 1831. Kingcraig, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. 23 November 1831. Alterwell, Howe, Lyth, Caithness, Scotland.

Date of Death 21 May 1919. Folkestone. 13 May 1869. Paddington, West London, England. 15 April 1903. Fortrose, Scotland 18 November 1880. Longlee Terrace, Auchinheath, Lesmahagow, Scotland.

Interred Cheriton Road Cemetery, Fokestone. Towie Churchyard. Rosmarkie Churchyeard, near Fortrose. Lesmahagow Cemetery. [Paupers grave alongside his wife Mary]. Plaque placed near grave in 1998 by The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

Location of VC Loretto School, Edinburgh. 14/20th Hussars Museum, Preston, England. The Ghurkha Museum, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Not publicly held.

Remarks Later achieved rank of Captain. Later achieved rank of Major. Later achieved rank of Major General. * Elected by the Private soldiers of the Regiment. Son of Angus & Christina Nicolson MACKAY. Brought up on a farm. Enlisted in the 93rd on 23 December 1850. Captured a Colour of the 2nd "Loodhiana" Indian Sikhs Regiment.

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Name	Robert Bellew, ADAMS	Frederick Robertson, AIKMAN	Robert Hope Moncrieff, AITKEN	James, BLAIR
Rank	Bt/Lieutenant Colonel.	Lieutenant.	Lieutenant.	Captain.
Force	Staff Corps & Corps of Guides, Indian Army.	4th Bengal Native Infantry, Indian Army. Commanding an advanced picket of 100 3rd Sikh Cavalry.	13th Bengal Native Infantry, Indian Army.	2nd Bombay Light Cavalry, Indian Army.
Age	Forty-one.	Thirty.	Twenty-nine.	Twenty-nine.
Campaign	TIRAH CAMPAIGN	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY
VC won	17 August 1897. Nawa Kili, Upper Swat, India.	01 March 1858. Near Armethi, India.	30 June - 22 November 1857. Lucknow, India.	12 August 1857. Neemuch, India.
London Gaz	09 November 1897.	03 September 1858.	16 April 1863.	25 February 1862.
Date of Birth	26 July 1856. Muree, Punjab, India.	06 February 1828. Ross House on the outskirts of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.	06 February 1828. Cupar, Fife, Scotland	27 January 1828. Nimach, Gwalior State, India.
Date of Death	13 February 1928. Inverness, Scotland.	05 October 1888. Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.	18 September 1887. St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.	18 January 1905. Melrose, Scotland.
Interred	Maryhill Crematorium, Glasgow. Ashes placed in Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness.	Kensal Green Cemetery, West London, England. [Family vault].	Eastern Cemetery, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.	Trinity Churchyard, Melrose, Scotland.
Location of VC	Not publicly held.	Not publicly held.	National Army Museum, Chelsea, England.	Not publicly held.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Major General. Decorated KCB.	Later achieved rank of Colonel 4th Middlesex Regiment. A member of the Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.	Later achieved rank of Colonel. Decorated CB.	Later achieved rank of General. Decorated CB.
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Name	Robert, BLAIR	Andrew Cathcart, BOGLE	Thomas, CADELL	Aylmer Spicer, CAMERON
Rank	Lieutenant.	Lieutenant.	Lieutenant.	Lieutenant.
Force	2nd [The Queen's] Regiment of Dragoon Guards, British Army. Attd. 9th Regiment of [Light] Dragoons.	78th [Highlanders] Regiment of Foot [or The Ross-shire Buffs], British Army.	2nd European Bengal Fusiliers [later The Royal Munster Fusiliers].	1st Bn., 72nd Regiment [later The Seaforth Highlanders - Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's], British Army.
Age	Twenty-three.	Twenty-eight.	Twenty-one.	Twenty-four.
Campaign	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY
VC won	28 September 1857. Bolandshahr, India.	29 July 1857. In the attack at Oonao, India.	12 June 1857. Delhi, India.	30 March 1858. Kotah, India.
London Gaz	18 June 1858.	02 September 1859.	29 April 1862.	11 November 1859.
Date of Birth	13 March 1834, Linlithgow, Scotland.	20 January 1829. Glasgow, Scotland.	05 September 1835. Cockenzie, East Lothian, Scotland.	12 August 1833.
Date of Death	28 March 1859, Cawnpore, India.	11 December 1890. Sherborne, Dorset, England.	06 April 1919. Edinburgh, Scotland.	10 June 1909. Alverstoke, Hampshire, England.
Interred	Old British Cemetery [grave not marked].	Woking Crematorium - Tomb at St. Lawrence's Churchyard, Effingham, Surrey, England.	Tranent Churchyard, East Edinburgh, Scotland.	St. Mark's Churchyard, Highcliffe.
Location of VC	1st Queen's Dragoons Guards Museum, Cardiff.	The Highlanders Museum, Fort George, Inverness, Scotland.	Not publicly held.	Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness, Scotland.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Captain. Killed in Action Cawnpore, India.	Later achieved rank of Major.	Later achieved rank of Colonel. Decorated CB.	Later achieved rank of Colonel.
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Name	Hugh Stewart, COCHRANE	James, DAVIS	Francis Edward Henry, FARQUHARSON	Viscount, Alexander Edward Murray, FINCASTLE
Rank	Lieutenant.	Private.	Lieutenant.	Lieutenant.
Force	86th [County Down] Regiment [later The Royal Irish Rifles], British Army.	42nd Regiment of Foot. Later The Black Watch [Royal Highlanders], British Army.	42nd [The Royal Highland] Regiment of Foot, [subtitle "Black Watch" added 1861], British Army.	16th [The Queen's] Lancers, British Army.
Age	Twenty-eight.	Twenty-three.	Twenty.	Twenty-six.
Campaign	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY	TIRAH CAMPAIGN
VC won	01 April 1858. Near Jhansi, India.	15 April 1858. During the attack on Fort Ruhya, India.	09 March 1858. Lucknow, India.	17 August 1897. Nawa Kili, Upper Swat, India.
London Gaz	24 December 1858.	27 May 1858.	16 June 1859.	09 November 1897.
Date of Birth	04 August 1829. Fort William, Scotland.	February 1835. Edinburgh, Scotland.	25 March 1837. Glasgow, Scotland	22 April 1871.
Date of Death	23 April 1884. Southsea, England.	02 March 1893. Edinburgh, Scotland.	12 September 1875. Haberton.	29 January 1962. Sussex Place, West London.
Interred	Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth, England.	North Marchiston Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland. [unmarked grave].	St. Peter's Churchyard, Haberton.	Golders Green Crematorium.
Location of VC	Not publicly held.	Not publicly held.	The Black Watch Museum, Perth, Scotland.	Not publicly held.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Colonel.	Was born as James Davis KELLY.	Later achieved rank of Major.	Later the Earl of Dunmore. Served in the Boer War 1899-1900 and the Great War 1914-16. Other Decorations DSO, MVO. Later achieved rank of Major.
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Name	George, FINDLATER	William, GARDNER	Anthony Dickson, HOME	James John, INNES
Rank	Piper.	Colour Sergeant.	Surgeon.	Lieutenant.
Force	1st Bn., The Gordon Highlanders, British Army.	42nd [The Royal Highland] Regiment of Foot, [subtitle "Black Watch" added 1861], British Army.	90th Regiment of Foot [Perthshire Volunteers] later The Cameronians [Scottish Rifles], British Army.	Bengal Engineers, Indian Army.
Age	Thirty-five.	Thirty-seven.	Thirty.	Twenty-eight.
Campaign	TIRAH CAMPAIGN	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY
VC won	20 October 1897. During the attack on the Dargai Heights, Tirah, India.	05 May 1858. Bareilly, India.	26 September 1857. Lucknow, India.	23 February 1858. Sultanpore, India.
London Gaz	20 May 1898.	23 August 1858.	18 June 1858.	24 December 1858.
Date of Birth	15 February 1872. Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	03 March 1821. Nemphlar, Lanarkshire, Scotland.	30 November 1826. Dunbar, Scotland.	05 February 1830. Baghapur, India.
Date of Death	4th or 11th March 1942. Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	24 October 1897. Bothwell.	10 August 1914. Kensigton, West London, England.	13 December 1907, Cambridge, England.
Interred	Forglen Cemetery, near Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	Bothwell Park Cemetery.	Highgate Cemetery [Westside].	City Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
Location of VC	The Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen.	Not publicly held.	RAMC Museum, Aldershot, England.	Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Pipe Major. Wounded in both ankles. Later to cause considerable controversy in the 'Findlater scandal.' Received his VC from Queen Victoria.	Later achieved rank of Sergeant Major. Other Decorations MSM. On returning home he lived with his wife and 4 sons in Anchorage Cottage, Bothwell. Became Drill Sergeant for the Lanarkshire Volunteers.	Later achieved rank of Surgeon General. Later Sir Anthony. Other Decorations KCB.	Later achieved rank of Lieutenant General. Other Decorations CB.
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Name	William Alexander, KERR	James, LEITH	Donald, MACINTYRE	David, MACKAY
Rank	Lieutenant.	Lieutenant.	Major.	Private.
Force	24th Bombay Native Infantry, Indian Army.	14th [The Duchess of York's Own] Regiment of [Light] Dragoons, British Army.	Bengal Staff Corps, Indian Army and 2nd Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army.	93rd [Highland] Regiment of Foot, [later The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders - Princess Louise's], British Army.
Age	Twenty-five.	Thirty-one.	Forty.	Twenty-seven.
Campaign	INDIAN MUTINY	INDIAN MUTINY	LOOSHAI EXPEDITION	INDIAN MUTINY
VC won	10 July 1857. Kolapore, India.	01 April 1858. Betwa, India.	04 January 1872. During the Looshai Campaign, North-East India.	16 November 1857* Lucknow, India.
London Gaz	24 April 1858.	24 December 1858.	27 December 1872.	24 December 1858.
Date of Birth	18 July 1831. Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.	26 May 1826. Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	12 September 1831. Kingcraig, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.	23 November 1831. Alterwell, Howe, Lyth, Caithness, Scotland.
Date of Death	21 May 1919. Folkestone.	13 May 1869. Paddington, West London, England.	15 April 1903. Fortrose, Scotland	18 November 1880. Longlee Terrace, Auchinheath, Lesmahagow, Scotland.
Interred	Cheriton Road Cemetery, Fokestone.	Towie Churchyard.	Rosmarkie Churchyeard, near Fortrose.	Lesmahagow Cemetery. [Paupers grave alongside his wife Mary]. Plaque placed near grave in 1998 by The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
Location of VC	Loretto School, Edinburgh.	14/20th Hussars Museum, Preston, England.	The Ghurkha Museum, Winchester, Hampshire, England.	Not publicly held.
Remarks	Later achieved rank of Captain.	Later achieved rank of Major.	Later achieved rank of Major General.	* Elected by the Private soldiers of the Regiment. Son of Angus & Christina Nicolson MACKAY. Brought up on a farm. Enlisted in the 93rd on 23 December 1850. Captured a Colour of the 2nd "Loodhiana" Indian Sikhs Regiment.
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