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Sergeant John SMITH VC |
| Born: | Ticknall, Derbyshire, England - February 1814 |  Photograph of the Kashmir Gate taken a few months after its storming by Home, Salkeld and Smith. |
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| Died: | Jullundur, India - 26 June 1864 | ||
| Burial details: | Artillery Cemetery, Jullundur, India | ||
| Corps service: | Joined the 5th Company Bengal Sappers and Miners in 1841 and took part in the First Afghan War, he saw further service in the Sutlej Campaign (1845-46). He was commissioned as an Ensign in 1860. | ||
| VC awarded: | Won VC at Delhi on 14 September 1857 (Indian Mutiny - 1857). | ||
| VC unit: | Bengal Sappers and Miners | ||
| VC presented: | VC presented in India in 1858 | ||
| VC citation: | For conspicuous gallantry, in conjunction with the Lieutenants
Home and Salkeld, in the performance of the desperate duty of blowing
in the Cashmere Gate of the Fortress of Delhi in broad Daylight, under
a heavy and destructive fire of musketry, on the morning of 14 September
1857, preparatory to the assault. (London Gazette: 27 April 1858) See also Lieutenant Duncan Charles Home VC citation. See also Lieutenant Philip Salkeld VC citation. |
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| VC location: | Privately held | ||
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