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Lieutenant Philip SALKELD VC |
| Born: | Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England - 13 October 1830 |  Lieutenant Philip Salkeld VC - representation taken from the Bengal Engineers memorial to those who died in the Uprising. |
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| Died: | Delhi, India - 10 October 1857 | ||
| Burial details: | Old Delhi Military Cemetery, Delhi, India | ||
| Corps service: | He joined the Bengal Engineers in June 1850 and after
some language studies was employed on road and canal projects. In
1853 he was in-charge of a stretch of the Grand Trunk Road and from
there moved, as an executive engineer, to Department of Public Works
in 1856. |
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| 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, Reverend Robert Salkeld 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 Duncan Charles Home VC citation. See also Sergeant John Smith VC citation. |
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| VC location: | Privately held | ||
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Additional material: SC Fenwick, FoREM Links to further reading:
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