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BORN 10 June 1818
DIED 23 January 1878 AGE 59
VC Won 9 December 1856 AGE 38
Place VC Won Bushire, Persia
War/Campaign Persian War
Name John Angustus Wood No.
VC Issue No. 294 Awards VC
Regiment 20th Bombay Native Infantry
Later 120th Rajpuntana Infantry
Now The Rajputana Rifles Indian Army
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Fort William, Highlands, Scotland
Place Of Death Poona, India
Buried/Location Ashes St Mary's Churchyard, Mumbai Pune Bypass Road, Poona(Pune), Maharashtra, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 23 January 1878
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 3 August 1860
VC Presented January 1861, Dacca, India
Memorials
Headstone, St Mary's Churchyard, Mumbai Pune Bypass Road, Poona(Pune), Maharashtra, India
By The Way…
Buried under name of Augustus John Wood
VC Held By
2nd Rajputana Rifles Delhi Cantonment India
