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The '''Victoria Cross''' is the highest award for bravery. Queen Victoria introduced the award on the 29th January 1856, the decoration is inscribed "For Valor".
“Officers and men of the [[Indian Army]], up until independence in 1947, won 164 Victoria Crosses. Native troops became eligible for the award under a royal warrant dated 21st October 1911. Prior to this, many acts of bravery by ''native'' troops which would have warranted the Victoria Cross were rewarded with the Indian Order of Merit.” <ref> John Welch, ''The Victoria Cross'' (Indiaman Magazine, Issue 39) </ref>
Holders of the award are listed in [[The National Archives]], and citations are announced in the ''London Gazette''.
The youngest recipient was Arthur Fitzgibbon of the Indian Medical establishment . He was 15 years and 3 months at the time of his award in 1861. For further details see [[Apothecaries]]
The oldest recipient was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Raynor William Raynor] of the Bengal Veteran Establishment - who was awarded the medal for gallantry during the [[Indian Mutiny]] of 1857. He was 61 years old.
== Records ==
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=680&s_id=15 Victoria Crosses awarded during the Indian Mutiny]
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