Henry Tombs

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Major General Sir Henry Tombs VC KCB (1825–1874) was a soldier of the East India Company who was born in Calcuttaand joined the Bengal Artillery in 1841. He served in the Gwalior Campaign 1843, the Sutlej Campaign 1845-46 and the Punjab Campaign. He commanded a troop of horse artillery during the Indian Mutiny and won the VC at the Siege of Delhi

External links

Sir James Outram Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet Wikipedia

Historical books on-line

Lieut-General Sir James Outram's Persian Campaign in 1857 Google Books
Lieut.-General Sir James Outram's campaign in India, 1857-1858 Google Books