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== Victoria Cross awards == | |||
The following VCs were associated with the assault on the city | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hawthorne Bugler Robert Hawthorne] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Charles_Home Lieutenant Duncan Home] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGuire_(VC) Sergeant James McGuire] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Taylor_Reade Surgeon Herbert Reade] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Ryan Drummer Miles Ryan] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Salkeld Lieutenant Philip Salkeld] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Haydon_Shebbeare Lieutenant Robert Shebbeare] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Smith_(VC) Lance-Corporal Henry Smith] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(sergeant) Sergeant John Smith] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Waller Colour-Sergeant George Waller] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alexander_Renny Lieutenant George Renny] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Talbot_Thackeray 2nd Lieutenant Edward Thackeray] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br> | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br> | ||
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qNCSqs1sdyQC&pg=PA121&dq=Nicholson+Kashmir+Bastion&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Nicholson%20Kashmir%20Bastion&f=false Storming of the city] Google Books<br> | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qNCSqs1sdyQC&pg=PA121&dq=Nicholson+Kashmir+Bastion&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Nicholson%20Kashmir%20Bastion&f=false Storming of the city] Google Books<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA355&dq=Killed+wounded+1857&as_brr=3&ei=ayuLSdLTFp2INZ60gLEF#PPA355,M1 Officers killed or wounded at the siege of Delhi] Google Books<br> | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA355&dq=Killed+wounded+1857&as_brr=3&ei=ayuLSdLTFp2INZ60gLEF#PPA355,M1 Officers killed or wounded at the siege of Delhi] Google Books<br> | ||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||