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VC265   John Simpson

BORN   29 January 1826

DIED   27 October 1884  AGE   58

VC Won  15 April 1858   AGE   32

Place VC Won  Fort Ruhya

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   John Simpson   No.    

VC Issue No.   265   Awards   VC   

Regiment   42nd Regiment

Later   Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Now   3rd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland

Rank VC Won   Quartermaster-Sergeant

Rank End Of Career   Major

Place Of Birth   Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Place Of Death   St Martin's, near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Buried/Location Ashes   Parish Church of St Martin's Churchyard, St Martin's, near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   27 May 1859

VC Presented   07 April 1860, Brigadier-General Sir R Walpole, Bareilly, India

Memorials

P  Headstone, Parish Church of St Martin's Churchyard, St Martin's, near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

By The Way…

Headstone shows age 59

VC Held By

County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, California, USA

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