Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Ticknall, Derbyshire he joined the Bengal Army in 1841. He served in India with 5th Company Bengal Sappers and Miners and took part in the First Anglo-Afghan War, the Sutlej Campaign and the Indian Mutiny. While serving as a sergeant, he performed the deeds for which he was awarded the VC. The citation reads: "For conspicuous gallantry, in conjunction with Lieutenants Home and Salkeld, in the performance of the desperate duty of blowing in the Cashmere [Kashmir] Gate of the fortress of Delhi in broad daylight, under a heavy and destructive fire of musketry, on the morning of the 14th September, 1857, preparatory to the assault." (London Gazette 27 April 1858) The Kashmir Gate was blown by a party of engineers including Lieutenant Duncan Charles Home and Lieutenant Philip Salkeld, accompanied by Bugler Robert Hawthorne. John Smith was commissioned as an Ensign in 1860 and died in 1864 of dysentery while serving at Jullundur.
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Ticknall, Derbyshire he joined the Bengal Army in 1841. He served in India with 5th Company Bengal Sappers and Miners and took part in the First Anglo-Afghan War, the Sutlej Campaign and the Indian Mutiny. While serving as a sergeant, he performed the deeds for which he was awarded the VC. The citation reads: "For conspicuous gallantry, in conjunction with Lieutenants Home and Salkeld, in the performance of the desperate duty of blowing in the Cashmere [Kashmir] Gate of the fortress of Delhi in broad daylight, under a heavy and destructive fire of musketry, on the morning of the 14th September, 1857, preparatory to the assault." (London Gazette 27 April 1858) The Kashmir Gate was blown by a party of engineers including Lieutenant Duncan Charles Home and Lieutenant Philip Salkeld, accompanied by Bugler Robert Hawthorne. John Smith was commissioned as an Ensign in 1860 and died in 1864 of dysentery while serving at Jullundur.
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