Duncan Charles Home

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Duncan Charles Home bigraphy, stories - Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Duncan Charles Home : biography

10 June 1828 – 1 October 1857

Duncan Charles Home VC (10 June 1828 – 1 October 1857) was a 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.

The medal

The original medal was lost in 1920 when children of the then owner played "Soldiers" in a field near the house. Despite many searches it has not been found.

Details

Home was 29 years old, and a lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 14 September 1857 during the Siege of Delhi, India for which he, Lieutenant Philip Salkeld, Sergeant John Smith and bugler Robert Hawthorne was awarded the VC:

He was killed in action at Malagarh, India, on 1 October 1857.