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• Andrews, Henry John   b. 1871  d. October 22, 1919
  Waziristan Campaign Victoria Cross Recipient. He was an English Doctor, serving as a temporary Captain in the Indian Medical Service, British Indian Army. On October 22, 1919, he was the Senior Medical Officer in charge of the Khajuri Post, Waziristan, India, when a British convoy had been attacked in the vicinity of the post and men had been wounded. He at once took out a medical team to the scene of action, under heavy fire and established an aid station. Affording protection to the wounded...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Bannu Cemetery, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  Plot: 160
   
• Cavagnari, Pierre Louis Napoleon [cenotaph]    d. September 3, 1879
  British Army Officer, Colonial Official. A Major in the British Army,he was Deputy Commissioner at Peshawar, India, during the Second Afghan War of 1879. He negotiated the Treaty of Gandamak that ended the first part of that war, and was then placed in command of a British Residency in Kabul, Afghanistan. Along with most of the members of this mission, he was killed in action while defending the Residency from mutinous Afghans. His body was consumed in a fire that burned the Residency building...[Read More]
  Mardan Post, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
   
• Haidar, Ali    b. August 21, 1913  d. July 15, 1999
  World War II British Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Sepoy-Sergeant in the 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India Army and was the only Pathan to receive the Victoria Cross in the World War II. On April 9, 1945, his company was ordered to assault enemy positions on the far bank of the River Senio, Fusignano, Italy. As the platoon started to cross, it came under heavy machine gun fire from two enemy posts and Haidar's section suffered casualties and only 3 men, including himself...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Village Shahu Khel, Shahu Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
   
• Havelock-Allan, Henry Marsham    b. August 6, 1830  d. December 30, 1897
  Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born Henry Marsham Havelock in Chinsurah, Bengal. Received the Victoria Cross for his actions while serving as a lieutenant with the 10th Regiment during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. A summary of his citation reads: "On 16 July 1857 at Cawnpore, India, the 64th Regiment had suffered badly under artillery fire. When the enemy was seen rallying their last 24 pounder, the order was given to advance, and Lieutenant Havelock immediately placed himself , on...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Cady)
  Bannu Cemetery, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
   
• Maclean, Hector Lachlan Stewart    b. September 13, 1870  d. August 17, 1897
  Tirah Campaign Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant on the Staff Corps of Guides , Indian Army. At Nawa Kili, in Upper Swat, India, August 17, 1897, Lieutenant Maclean with two other officers and five men of the Lancashire Fusiliers came under heavy enemy fire. Lieutenant Maclean rushed forward to the rescue on of the officers lying disabled by a bullet wound and surrounded by enemy swordsmen. While he was taking the wounded officer to cover he was killed and Lieutenant...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Guides Cemetery, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
   
• Meynell, Godfrey    b. May 20, 1904  d. September 29, 1935
  Second Mohmand Campaign Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Indian Army. On September 29, 1935, at the Nahaqi Pass, India, in the final phase of an attack, Captain Meynell's troops were in a struggle against an enemy vastly superior in numbers. He took command of about thirty men, maintained a heavy and accurate fire on the advancing enemy, whose overwhelming numbers nevertheless succeeded in reaching their position. In the hand-to-hand...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Guides Cemetery, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
   
• Tytler, John Adam    b. October 29, 1825  d. February 14, 1880
  Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient.
  Christian Cemetery, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
   

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