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BORN 29 October 1825
DIED 14 February 1880 AGE 54
VC Won 10 February 1858 AGE 32
Place VC Won Choorpoorah
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name John Adam Tytler No.
VC Issue No. 234 Awards VC CB
Regiment 66th Bengal Native Infantry
Later 66th Goorkha Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
Now 1st Gorkha Rifles Indian Army
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Brigadier-General
Place Of Birth Monghyr, Bengal Province, India
Place Of Death Thal, Kurram Valley, North West Frontier, India
Buried/Location Ashes Kohat Christian Cemetery, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 15 February 1880
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 23 August 1858
VC Presented 1858, India
Memorials
Headstone, Kohat Christian Cemetery, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Memorial, St Paul’s & St Georges Church, York Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
By The Way…
John Tytler was the first Gurkha officer to be awarded a Victoria Cross
VC Held By
Gurkha Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
