- Anthony Dickson Home
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He was 30 years old, and a surgeon in the
90th Foot ,British Army during theIndian rebellion of 1857 when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.On 26 September 1857 at
Lucknow ,India , Surgeon Home was in charge of the wounded men left behind when the troops forced their way into the Residency. The escort left with the wounded had been reduced, by casualties, to a small party, who with the wounded, were forced into a house which they defended until it was set on fire. They then retreated to a shed nearby and defended this for more than 22 hours until relieved. At last only six men with Surgeon Home in charge, remained to fire, and the fact that the wounded were safe and the defence was successful was mainly attributable to his brave conduct throughout. See alsoWilliam Bradshaw Further information
Later Sir Anthony. He later achieved the rank of
surgeon general .The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the
Army Medical Services Museum "(Aldershot, England)".References
*
Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
*Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)External links
* [http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/lonnorth.htm Location of grave and VC medal] "(N. London)"
* [http://www.barmy.co.uk/ramc/home.htm Surgeon-General Sir A.D. Home]
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