Duncan Home
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Duncan Home | |
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| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Malagarh, India |
| Buried | Bolandsharh Cemetery, Aligarh, India |
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Branch | Bengal Army |
Service years | 1848–1857 † |
Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Bengal Engineers |
Conflicts | Second Anglo-Sikh War Indian Mutiny |
| Awards | File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg Victoria Cross |
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Duncan Charles Home VC (10 June 1828 – 1 October 1857) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Details
Home was 29 years old, and a lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 14 September 1857 during the Siege of Delhi, India for which he, Lieutenant Philip Salkeld, Sergeant John Smith and bugler Robert Hawthorne were awarded the VC:
He was killed in action at Malagarh, India, on 1 October 1857.
The medal
The original medal was lost in 1920 when children of the then owner played "Soldiers" in a field near the house. Despite many searches, it has not been found.[1]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Victoria Crosses Reported Stolen". The Victoria Cross. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- The Sapper VCs (Gerald Napier, 1998)
Further reading
- Perkins, Roger. The Kashmir Gate: Lieutenant Home & the Delhi VCs. Chippenham: Picton Pub, 1983. Template:ISBN
External links
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