Lieutenant, 25th Bombay Light Infantry
Born: 20 August 1839, Dagoolie, India
Died: 29 January 1885, Bath, Somerset
Citation: For great gallantry at the capture by storm of the fortress of Gwalior, on the 20th June, 1858. He and Lieutenant Rose, who was killed, were the only Europeans present, and, with a mere handful of men, they attacked the fortress, climbed on the roof of a house, shot the gunners opposed to them, carried all before them and took the fort, killing every man in it.[London Gazette issue 22601 dated 25 Feb 1862, published 25 Feb 1862.]
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