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BORN 1 January 1818
DIED 23 June 1878 AGE 60
VC Won 11 March 1858 AGE 40
Place VC Won Begum Bagh, Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name William McBean No.
VC Issue No. 241 Awards VC
Regiment 93rd Regiment
Later Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Princess Louise's
Now 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland - disbanded July 2012
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major-General
Place Of Birth Inverness, Highlands, Scotland
Place Of Death Herbert Military Hospital, Shooter's Hill, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Grange Cemetery, Beaufort Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 2 July 1878
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section I, Lair 91-92
Gazetted 24 December 1858
VC Presented 06 February 1859, Major-General Sir R Garrett, Umbeyla, Peshawar, India
Memorials
P Headstone, Grange Cemetery, Beaufort Road, Edinburgh
By The Way…
Held every rank from Private to Major-General
VC Held By
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum, The Castle, Stirling, Scotland
