James John McLeod Innes

James John McLeod Innes
James John McLeod Innes
Born	5 February 1830; Bhagalpur, British India
Died	13 December 1907 (aged 77); Cambridge, England
Buried	Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Bengal Army; British Army;
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Bengal Engineers; Royal Engineers;
Battles/wars	Indian Mutiny
Awards	Victoria Cross; Order of the Bath;
Other work	Author

Lieutenant General James John McLeod Innes

CB (5 February 1830 – 13 December 1907) 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.

Born in

Indian Mutiny began in May 1857 he was at Lucknow, where he helped to defend the city throughout its siege.^[1] After the evacuation of Lucknow in November 1897, he served in military operations in Oudh State.^[1]

Innes was a 28 year old

Indian Mutiny on 23 February 1858 at Sultanpore, India

, where he was awarded Victoria Cross for the following deed:

Bengal Engineers, Lieutenant John James M'Leod Innes
Date of Act of Bravery, 23rd February, 1858
At the action at Sultanpore, Lieutenant Innes, far in advance of the leading skirmishers, was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this, they rallied round another gun further back, from which the shot would, in another instant have ploughed through our advancing columns, when Lieutenant Innes rode up, unsupported, shot the gunner who was about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post, the mark for a hundred
K.C.B., of 12th March, 1858.)^[2]

For his work in the Mutiny, he was also mentioned in dispatches three times and received the brevet rank of major.^[1]

After the Mutiny campaign Innes continued to serve in India, with the

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), military division.^[4] He died on 13 December 1907 aged 77 at his home in Cambridge.^[1]

His Victoria Cross is displayed in the Royal Engineers Museum at Chatham, England.^[5]