Captain (then Lieutenant), Bengal Veteran Establishment
Born: 1800, St Michael's, Dublin, Ireland
Died: 3 November 1859, Dehra Dun, India
Citation: For gallant conduct in the defence of the Delhi Magazine, on the 11th May, 1857.(London Gazette Issue 22154 dated 18 Jun 1858, published 18 Jun 1858.)
WILLIAM RAYNOR
Captain (then Lieutenant), Bengal Veteran Establishment
Born: July 1795, Plumtree, Nottinghamshire
Died: 13 December 1860, Ferozepore, India
Citation: For gallant conduct in the defence of the Magazine at Delhi, on 11th May, 1857.(London Gazette Issue 22154 dated 18 Jun 1858, published 18 Jun 1858.)
JOHN BUCKLEY
Deputy Assistant Commissary of Ordnance, Commissariat Department (Bengal Establishment)
Born: 24 May 1813, Cockerhill, Stalybridge, Cheshire
Died: 14 July 1876, Poplar, East London
Citation: For gallant conduct in the defence of the Magazine at Delhi, on the 11th May, 1857.(London Gazette Issue 22154 dated 18 Jun 1858, published 18 Jun 1858.)
Note: Gazette Issue 22050 (13 Oct 1857) included a report from the Governor-General in Council, and also a letter from Lt Forrest to Colonel A Abbott CB, Inspector-General of Ordnance and Magazines, giving details of the mutineers' attack on the Magazine. Large numbers of mutineers were involved in the attack; the native garrison of the Magazine deserted, leaving only nine men to defend it. The battle lasted for more than five hours, until, after the wall had been scaled and there was no hope of help, the defenders blew up the Magazine. Five of the defenders (Conductors Shaw and Scully, Sub-Conductor Crow, and Serjeants Edwards and Stewart) died in the explosion, and another (Lieutenant Willoughby) shortly afterwards, but many of the enemy were killed. At that time, posthumous awards of the Victoria Cross were not made, so only the three survivors - Forrest, Raynor and Buckley - were awarded the medal.
Lt Raynor is the oldest person to have been awarded the Victoria Cross, at the age of 61 years and 10 months.
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