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VC295 John Grant Malcolmson
BORN 9 February 1835
DIED 14 August 1902 AGE 67
VC Won 8 February 1857 AGE 21
Place VC Won Khoosh-ab, Persia
War/Campaign Persian War
Name John Grant Malcolmson No.
VC Issue No. 295 Awards VC MVO
Regiment 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry
Later 33rd Queen Victoria’s Own Light Cavalry
Now The Poona Horse Indian Army
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Muchrach, near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland
Place Of Death London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, West London
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Vault Plot/Grave no. Square 99-RS, Family vault 14117
Gazetted 3 August 1860
VC Presented 9 November 1860 by Queen Victoria at Home Park, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Mausoleum, Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, West London
By The Way…
The nickname for the Poona Horse was “Ponna Horse”
VC Held By
2nd Rajputana Rifles, India
