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Anthony Dickson Home bigraphy, stories - Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Anthony Dickson Home : biography

30 November 1826 – 10 August 1914

Surgeon General Sir Anthony Dickson Home VC KCB (30 November 1826 – 10 August 1914) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

Home was 30 years old, and a surgeon in the 90th Foot, British Army during the Indian Mutiny on 26 September 1857 at the Relief of Lucknow, India, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett, Surrey.

Works

Service Memoirs

Further information

He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and achieved the rank of surgeon general.

Arthur Conan Doyle worked with him a few times and stated that, "..he seemed a most disagreeable old man…and yet when I married shortly afterwards he sent me a most charming message wishing me good fortune…"from Memories and Adventures, autobiography of Arthur Conan Doyle