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BORN 1824
DIED 10 January 1868 AGE 43
VC Won 16 November 1857 AGE 33
Place VC Won Secundra Bagh, Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Peter Grant No. ELECTED BY REGIMENT
VC Issue No. 222 Awards VC
Regiment 93rd Regiment
Later Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Princess Louise's
Now 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Ireland
Place Of Death River Tay, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes Eastern Necropolis, Arbroath Road, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 13 January 1868
Headstone Unmarked Grave Plot/Grave no. Poor Ground, Section S (now Section N & O), Lair 309
Gazetted 24 December 1858
VC Presented 06 December 1859 by Major-General Sir R Garrett at Umbeyla, Peshawar, India
Memorials
P Named on bench at Eastern Necropolis, Arbroath Road, Dundee, Scotland (17 May 2003)
By The Way…
After he died, his V.C. was found still pinned to his uniform coat, but has since vanished without trace.
VC Held By
Not known
