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The youngest recipient was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fitzgibbon 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]]

*[http://wwwfibis.searchourarchives.fibis.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=680&s_id=15 Victoria Crosses awarded during the Indian Mutiny]*''"The Army Rank of Conductor, and the History of an HEIC Conductor VC'' " by Lawrie Butler ''[[FIBIS JournalsJournal]] '' No 18.*[[:Category:Victoria Cross recipients]]

*[http://wwwsearch.london-gazetteancestry.co.uk/issuessearch/exact=victoria+cross/startdb.aspx?dbid=1 2483 UK, Victoria Cross Medals, 1857-2007] are entriesavailable on the pay website Ancestry.co.uk*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk Search London , Edinburgh and Northern Ireland Gazettes] ''London Gazette'' (search results)

**"A Trying Occasion: An account of the Indian Mutiny" which gives an account of the blowing up of the Delhi[ammunition] magazine on the 11th May 1857 by Ordnance Officers and Conductors which resulted in the award of three VCs to Lieutenant Forrest, Lieutenant Raynor and Conductor Buckley

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161023134251/http://booksroyalmunsterfusiliers.googleorg/a1menu1.com/books?id=w1IBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA35 htm The Victoria Cross; Munster Fusiliers], now an official chronicle of archived website (unfortunately many internal links are no longer valid) but including**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054942/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm the deeds Lieutenant-Colonel Francis David Millett Brown V. C. Bengal Staff Corps. previously 1st Bengal European Fusiliers], now archived.**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050427/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6butlr.htm Major Thomas Adair Butler V.C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers], now archived.*[http://vconline.org.uk/james-mcguire-vc/4587597033 Sergeant James McGuire V. C. 1st Bengal European Fusiliers] vconline.org.uk*[http://www.vconline.org.uk/miles-ryan-vc/4588149515 Drummer Miles Ryan V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers]. vconline.org.uk*[http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-mcgovern-vc/4587595222 Private John McGovern V. C. 1st Bengal Fusiliers]. vconline.org.uk*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shebbeare Robert Shebbeare] Wikipedia**[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580028/Letters-of personal valour achieved in presence -forgotten-VC-winner-found.html "Letters of the enemy forgotten VC winner found"]. 27 February 2008 ''The Telegraph''. Brevet Captain Robert Shebbeare won his medal for twice leading charges against rebel defences during the Crimean and Baltic campaignsinfamous siege of Delhi in September 1857. Afterwards he put together a Sikh regiment, the Indian mutinies[[23rd Punjab Pioneers|15th Punjab]] [Pioneers], and which later saw action in China. Includes photograph with officers of his 15th Punjab regiment*[http://readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/the Persia, -arracan-expedition-andaman-islands-1867 ChinaThe Arracan Expedition, Andaman Islands 1867] A detachment of 3 officers and New Zealand wars (1865)100 men of the 2nd Battalion [[24th Regiment of Foot]]google bookswas dispatched from Rangoon on the steamship Arracan to rescue crew members of the ship Assam Valley who had been captured. As a result 5 Victoria Cross awards were made. readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com

===Historical books online===*[http://books.google.com/books?id=w1IBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA35 ''The Victoria Cross; an official chronicle of the deeds of personal valour achieved in presence of the enemy during the Crimean and Baltic campaigns, the Indian mutinies, and the Persia, China, and New Zealand wars'] (1865) Google Books*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R24BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''How I won the Victoria Cross''] by Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Assistant Commissioner in Oudh, 1860 Google Books*[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012224477 ''The Victoria Cross in India''] by Major Knollys 1886, first published c 1877. Awards for the [[Indian Mutiny]]. HathiTrust Digital Library, available to those in areas such as North America. Also [https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/DnY4AQAAMAAJ Google Books version]:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1880-the-victoria-cross-in-the-colonies-and-gallant-sepoys-and-soward-by-knollys-s-pdf/ ''The Victoria Cross in the Colonies and Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by William Wallingford Knollys. Catalogued 1880. (Note: catalogued title includes ''Soward''.) Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Includes details of the Victoria Cross awarded in India after the Indian Mutiny. First part to page 85; 2nd part to page 176. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''.*''The Victoria Cross in Afghanistan and on the frontiers of India during the years 1877, 1878, 1879 & 1880 : how it was won'' related by W.J. Elliott 1882. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80165/page/n3 Archive.org version], missing map. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1882-the-victoria-cross-in-afghanistan-and-on-the-frontiers-of-india-by-elliott-s-pdf/ Pahar version], link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download does not display, locate under Books/Afghanistan/1882. *[http://archive.org/stream/mythreeyearsinm01grimgoog#page/n316/mode/2up "Major Grant’s Narrative"], page 283 ''My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny'' by Ethel St. Clair Grimwood 1891 Archive.org. Major Grant of the [[72nd Punjab Regiment|12th Regiment ( 2nd Burma Bn) Madras Infantry]] was awarded the V.C. for the actions in [[Manipur]] in 1891 [[Category:MilitaryMedals]]