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Lieutenant Duncan Charles HOME VC |
| Born: | Jubbulpore, Central Provinces, India - 10 June 1828 | 
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| Died: | Malagarth, India - 1 October 1857 | ||
| Burial details: | Bolandshah, India | ||
| Corps service: | He joined the Bengal Engineers in 1848 while the Second Sikh War was in progress. He took part in the battle of Gujerat as an officer with 3rd Company Bengal Sappers and Miners. In the peace that followed he was attached to the Department of Public Works and worked on the Bari Doab canal at Malikpore. | ||
| VC awarded: | Won VC at Delhi on 14 September 1857 (Indian Mutiny - 1857) | ||
| VC unit: | Bengal Engineers | ||
| VC presented: | VC sent by post to his father, Major General Richard Home, Bengal Army on 7 July 1858. | ||
| VC citation: | (MEMORANDUM. Lieutenants Duncan Charles Home and Philip
Salkeld, upon whom the Victoria Cross was provisionally conferred
by Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart, KCB) For their conspicuous bravery in the performance of the desperate duty of blowing in the Cashmere Gate of the Fortress of Delhi in broad daylight, under heavy fire of musketry, on the morning of 14 September 1857, preparatory to the assault, would have been recommended to Her Majesty for confirmation in that distinction had they survived. (London Gazette: 18 June 1858) See also Lieutenant Philip Salkeld VC citation. See also Sergeant John Smith VC citation. |
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| VC location: | Privately held - Home's medals were sold at Sotheby's in December 1990. The catalogue recorded: 'The original Cross, unfortunately, was lost in the 1920's. The children took it out of the house while "playing soldiers" and it was lost in a field. Intensive searches then and later failed to locate it'. | ||
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