Captain Eustace Jotham was a British Officer awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during action in the North West Frontier Province, Colonial India. At that time, he was a member of the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force). He was the son of Frederick Charles and Mary C A Jotham, of Millington Road, Cambridge. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant on 22 Apr 1903. Transferred to the Indian Army on 28 Jun 1905. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 22 Jul 1905 and to Captain on 22 Apr 1912. On 7 Jan 1915 he was leading a party of about a dozen soldiers when they were attacked by an estimated 1,500 local tribesmen. They were trapped in a nullah (ravine) and Captain Jotham gave the order to retire. During the retreat, one of his men lost his horse and Captain Jotham sacrificed his own life while returning to help him. He was buried in Miranshar Cemetery, Miranshar, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Actual burial here
His name is commemorated on the India Gate in New Delhi. He is also commemorated on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
Actual burial here
His name is commemorated on the India Gate in New Delhi. He is also commemorated on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
Captain Eustace Jotham was a British Officer awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during action in the North West Frontier Province, Colonial India. At that time, he was a member of the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force). He was the son of Frederick Charles and Mary C A Jotham, of Millington Road, Cambridge. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant on 22 Apr 1903. Transferred to the Indian Army on 28 Jun 1905. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 22 Jul 1905 and to Captain on 22 Apr 1912. On 7 Jan 1915 he was leading a party of about a dozen soldiers when they were attacked by an estimated 1,500 local tribesmen. They were trapped in a nullah (ravine) and Captain Jotham gave the order to retire. During the retreat, one of his men lost his horse and Captain Jotham sacrificed his own life while returning to help him. He was buried in Miranshar Cemetery, Miranshar, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Actual burial here
His name is commemorated on the India Gate in New Delhi. He is also commemorated on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
Actual burial here
His name is commemorated on the India Gate in New Delhi. He is also commemorated on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
Inscription
51st Sikhs FF
JOTHAM E·V·C
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
