List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army

The

British monarch during an investiture at Buckingham Palace, though in a large number of cases this was not possible and it was presented in the field by a prominent civil or military official. The VC was introduced in Great Britain on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War.^[1]

Indian troops were not originally eligible for the VC, because since 1837 they had been eligible for the

King George V two days earlier, on 5 December 1914, during a visit to troops in France. He is one of a small number of soldiers presented with his award before it appeared in the London Gazette.^[4]

There have been a total of 148 VC recipients who were serving with an Indian Army or Honourable East India Company (HEIC) unit. 63 VCs were awarded to British officers and men of the HEIC during the

Second World War

. In addition to these, 5 civilians under military command were awarded the VC.

Recipients

This along with the *, indicates that the Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously.

Name	Unit	Date of action	Conflict	Place of action
James Adams	Bengal Ecclesiastical Department	1879	Second Anglo-Afghan War	Killa Kazi, Afghanistan
Robert Adams	Corps of Guides	1897	Tirah Campaign	Nawa Kili, India
Frederick Aikman	004 4th Bengal Native Infantry	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Amethi, India
Robert Aitken	013 13th Bengal Native Infantry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
Michael Allmand	Indian Armoured Corps	1944*	Second World War	Burma
Henry Andrews	Indian Medical Service	1919*	Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)	Waziristan, India
Charles Baker	Bengal Police Battalion	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Suhejnee, Bengal
Premindra Bhagat	Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners	1941	Second World War	Metemma, Abyssinia
James Blair	002 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Neemuch, India
Guy Boisragon	Indian Staff Corps	1891	Hunza-Naga Campaign	Nilt Fort, India
Francis Brown	001 1st European Bengal Fusiliers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Narnoul, India
Sam Browne	046 46th Bengal Native Infantry	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Seerporah, India
William Bruce	059 59th Scinde Rifles	1914*	First World War	Givenchy, France
John Buckley	Commissariat Department	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
Thomas Butler	001 1st European Bengal Fusiliers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
Thomas Cadell	0022nd European Bengal Fusiliers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
William Cafe	056 56th Bengal Native Infantry	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Fort Ruhya, India
Herbert Carter	Poona Mounted Infantry	1903	Fourth Somaliland Expedition	Jidballi, Somaliland
George Channer	Bengal Staff Corps	1875	Perak War	Perak, Malaya
William Chase	02828th Bombay Native Infantry	1880	Second Anglo-Afghan War	Kandahar, Afghanistan
George Chicken	Indian Naval Brigade Indian Naval Brigade	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Peroo, Bengal
Herbert Clogstoun	019 19th Madras Native Infantry	1859	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Chichumbah, India
Alexander Cobbe	King's African Rifles	1902	Third Somaliland Expedition	Erigo, Somaliland
William Connolly	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Jhelum, India
John Cook	Bengal Staff Corps	1878	Second Anglo-Afghan War	Peiwar Kotal, Afghanistan
Edmond Costello	02222nd Punjab Infantry	1897	Tirah Campaign	Malakand, India
Garrett Creagh	Bombay Staff Corps	1879	Second Anglo-Afghan War	Kam Dakka, Afghanistan
John Crimmin	Bombay Medical Service	1889	Third Burmese War	Burma
William Cubitt	013 13th Bengal Native Infantry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Chinhut, India
Arthur Cumming	01212th Frontier Force Regiment	1942	Second World War	Kuantan, Malaya
Mir Dast	05555th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)	1915	First World War	Wieltje, Belgium
John Daunt	011 11th Bengal Native Infantry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Chota Behar, India
Frank de Pass	034 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse	1914*	First World War	Festubert, France
Bernard Diamond	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Bolandshahr, India
Fazal Din	01010th Baluch Regiment	1945*	Second World War	Burma
Thomas Duffy	0011st Madras European Fusiliers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
James Dundas	Bengal Engineers	1865	Bhutan War	Dewan-Giri, India
Richard Fitzgerald	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Bolandshahr, India
Andrew Fitzgibbon	India Medical Establishment	1860	Third China War	Taku Forts, China
George Forrest	Bengal Veterans Establishment	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
George Fosbery	0044th Bengal European Regiment	1863	Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)	North-West Frontier, India
Yeshwant Ghadge	0055th Mahratta Light Infantry	1944*	Second World War	Upper Tiber Valley, Italy
Gaje Ghale	005 5th Gurkha Rifles	1943	Second World War	Burma
Peter Gill	Loodiana Regiment	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Benares, India
Charles Goodfellow	Bombay Engineers	1859	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Kathiawar, India
Hugh Gough	001 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Alumbagh, India
Charles Gough	0055th Bengal European Cavalry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Khurkowdah, India
Charles Grant	Indian Staff Corps	1891	Manipur Expedition	Burma
John Grant	008 8th Gurkha Rifles	1904	British expedition to Tibet	Gyantse Jong, Tibet
Bhanbhagta Gurung	002 2nd Gurkha Rifles	1945	Second World War	Burma
Lachhiman Gurung	008 8th Gurkha Rifles	1945	Second World War	Burma
Thaman Gurung	005 5th Gurkha Rifles	1944*	Second World War	Monte San Bartolo, Italy
Ali Haidar	01313th Frontier Force Rifles	1945	Second World War	Fusignano, Italy
Rao Abdul Hafiz Khan	009 9th Jat Infantry	1944*	Second World War	Imphal, India
Walter Hamilton	Corps of Guides	1879	Second Anglo-Afghan War	Futtehabad, Afghanistan
Arthur Hammond	Bengal Staff Corps	1879	Second Anglo-Afghan War	Kabul, Afghanistan
Hastings Harington	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
James Hills	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
Duncan Home	Bengal Engineers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
Eustace Jotham	051 51st Sikhs	1915*	First World War	Tochi Valley, India
James Innes	Bengal Engineers	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Sultanpore, India
Namdeo Jadhav	0055th Mahratta Light Infantry	1945	Second World War	Senio River, Italy
Hanson Jarrett	026 26th Bengal Native Infantry	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Baroun, India
Edward Jennings	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
Karamjeet Judge	01515th Punjab Regiment	1945*	Second World War	Burma
Thomas Kavanagh	Bengal Civil Service	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
Richard Keatinge	Bombay Artillery Bombay Artillery	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Chundairee, India
William Kenny	03939th Garhwal Rifles	1920	Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)	Kot Kai, India
William Kerr	024 24th Bombay Native Infantry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Kolapore, India
Khudadad Khan	129129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis	1914	First World War	Hollebeke, France
Shahamad Khan	08989th Punjabis	1916	First World War	Beit Ayeesa, Mesopotamia
LalaLala	04141st Dogras	1916	First World War	El Orah, Mesopotamia
Ganju Lama	007 7th Gurkha Rifles	1944	Second World War	Burma
Thomas Laughnan	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
Harry Lyster	07272nd Bengal Native Infantry	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Calpee, India
Donald Macintyre	Bengal Staff Corps	1872	Looshai Expedition	Lalgnoora, India
Hector MacLean	Corps of Guides	1897*	Tirah Campaign	Nawa Kili, India
Patrick Mahoney	0011st Madras European Fusiliers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Mungulwar, India
John Malcolmson	003 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry	1857	Anglo-Persian War	Persia
Ross Mangles	Bengal Civil Service	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Arrah, India
Arthur Mayo	Indian Naval Brigade Indian Naval Brigade	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Arrah, India
Francis Maxwell	Indian Staff Corps	1900	Second Boer War	Korn Spruit, South Africa
William McDonell	Bengal Civil Service	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Arrah, India
Hugh McInnes	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
John McGovern	001 1st Bengal Fusiliers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
James McGuire	001 1st Bengal Fusiliers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
Charles Melliss	Indian Staff Corps	1900	Third Ashanti Expedition	Obassa, Ashanti
Godfrey Meynell	01212th Frontier Force Regiment	1935*	Second Mohmand Campaign	Mohmand, India
James Miller	Bengal Ordnance Depot	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Futtehpore, India
Arthur Moore	003 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry	1857	Anglo-Persian War	Persia
Darwan Negi	03939th Garhwal Rifles	1914	First World War	Festubert, France
Gabbar Negi	03939th Garhwal Rifles	1915*	First World War	Neuve Chapelle, France
William Olpherts	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
James Park	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
Everard Phillipps	011 11th Bengal Native Infantry	1857*	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
Henry Pitcher	004 4th Punjab Infantry	1863	Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)	North-West Frontier, India
Harry Prendergast	Madras Engineers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Mundisore, India
Dighton Probyn	0022nd Punjab Cavalry	1857^[5]	Indian Rebellion of 1857	India
Tulbahadur Pun	006 6th Gurkha Rifles	1944	Second World War	Burma
Agansing Rai	005 5th Gurkha Rifles	1944	Second World War	Burma
Bhandari Ram	01010th Baluch Regiment	1944	Second World War	Burma
Chhelu Ram	0066th Rajputana Rifles	1943*	Second World War	Djebel Garci, Tunisia
Kamal Ram	0088th Punjab Regiment	1944	Second World War	Gari River, Italy
Richhpal Ram	0066th Rajputana Rifles	1941*	Second World War	Keren, Eritrea
Karanbahadur Rana	003 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles	1918	First World War	El Kefr, Egypt
William Raynor	Bengal Veterans Establishment	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
George Renny	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
Richard Ridgeway	Bengal Staff Corps	1879	Basuto War	Konoma, India
Frederick Roberts	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Khodagunge, India
Patrick Roddy	Bengal Army	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Kuthirga, India
George Rolland	001 1st Bombay Grenadiers	1903	Third Somaliland Expedition	Daratoleh, Somaliland
Matthew Rosamund	037 37th Bengal Native Infantry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Benares, India
John Ryan	0011st Madras European Fusiliers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
Miles Ryan	101101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
Philip Salkeld	Bengal Engineers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
Reginald Sartorius	006 6th Bengal Cavalry	1874	First Ashanti Expedition	Abogu, Ashanti
Andrew Scott	Bengal Staff Corps	1877	Balochistan Campaign	Quetta, India
Sher Shah	01616th Punjab Regiment	1945*	Second World War	Burma
Badlu Singh	01414th Murray's Jat Lancers	1918*	First World War	River Jordan, Palestine
Chatta Singh	0099th Bhopal Infantry	1916	First World War	Wadi, Mesopotamia
Gian Singh	01515th Punjab Regiment	1945	Second World War	Burma
Gobind Singh	028 28th Light Cavalry	1917	First World War	Épehy, France
Ishar Singh	028 28th Punjab Regiment	1921	Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)	Haidari Kach, India
Nand Singh	01111th Sikh Regiment	1944	Second World War	Burma
Parkash Singh	0088th Punjab Regiment	1943	Second World War	Burma
Prakash Singh	01313th Frontier Force Rifles	1945*	Second World War	Burma
Ram Sarup Singh	0011st Punjab Regiment	1944*	Second World War	Burma
Umrao Singh	Royal Indian Artillery	1944	Second World War	Burma
John Sinton	Indian Medical Service	1916	First World War	Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia
Robert Shebbeare	060 60th Bengal Native Infantry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
John Smith	Bengal Sappers and Miners	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
John Smith	0011st Madras European Fusiliers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
John Smith	Indian Staff Corps	1891	Hunza-Naga Campaign	Nilt Fort, India
John Smyth	01515th Ludhiana Sikhs	1915	First World War	Richebourg L'Aouve, France
Edward Thackeray	Bengal Engineers	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Delhi, India
Kulbir Thapa	003 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles	1915	First World War	Fauquissart, France
Lalbahadur Thapa	002 2nd Gurkha Rifles	1943	Second World War	Rass-es-Zouai, Tunisia
Netrabahadur Thapa	005 5th Gurkha Rifles	1944*	Second World War	Burma
Sher Bahadur Thapa	009 9th Gurkha Rifles	1944*	Second World War	San Marino, Italy
Jacob Thomas	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
Henry Tombs	Bengal Horse Artillery Bengal Horse Artillery	1857	Indian of 1857	Delhi, India
James Travers	002 2nd Bengal Native Infantry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Indore, India
William Trevor	Bengal Engineers	1865	Bhutan War	Dewan-Giri, India
John Tytler	066 66th Bengal Native Infantry	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Choorpoorah, India
William Vousden	0055th Punjab Cavalry	1879	Second Anglo-Afghan War	Kabul, Afghanistan
William Walker	004 4th Gurkha Rifles	1903	Third Somaliland Expedition	Daratoleh, Somaliland
William Waller	025 25th Bombay Light Infantry	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Gwalior, India
John Watson	001 1st Punjab Cavalry	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Lucknow, India
George Wheeler	009 9th Gurkha Rifles	1917	First World War	Shumran, Mesopotamia
George Wheeler	0077th Hariana Lancers	1915*	First World War	Shaiba, Mesopotamia
Frederick Whirlpool	0033rd Bombay European Regiment	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Jhansi, India
Harry Whitchurch	Indian Medical Service	1895	Chitral Expedition	Chitral Fort, India
John Wood	020 20th Bombay Native Infantry	1856	Anglo-Persian War	Persia

References

Specific

^ Ashcroft, M, preface; XI–XIII
^ Parker 2005, p. 62.
^ "No. 28999". The London Gazette. 4 December 1914. p. 10425.
^ Crook, MJ, Chapter 11. pp 117–125
^ Probyn was awarded his VC for numerous gallant acts throughout the period of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
"No. 22154". The London Gazette. 18 June 1858. p. 2960.

General

"4th Gorkha Rifles page on www.britishempire.co.uk". Retrieved 21 March 2009.
"Victoria Cross Registers". National Archives (UK). Retrieved 11 April 2008.
"Honourable East India Company and Indian Army holders of the Victoria Cross". VictoriaCross.org. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
ISBN 0-7553-1632-0
.

Crook, M.J. (1975). The Evolution of the Victoria Cross. Midas books.
ISBN 0-85936-041-5
.

Parker, John (2005). The Gurkhas: The Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Soldiers. Headline Book Publishing.
ISBN 978-0-7553-1415-7
.

[1] Ashcroft, M, preface; XI–XIII

[2] Parker 2005, p. 62.

[3] "No. 28999". The London Gazette. 4 December 1914. p. 10425.

[4] Crook, MJ, Chapter 11. pp 117–125

[5] Probyn was awarded his VC for numerous gallant acts throughout the period of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
"No. 22154". The London Gazette. 18 June 1858. p. 2960.

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