Captain Eustace Jotham, VC, 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), Indian Army. 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 on operations in the North West Frontier against when the small party he was commanding was attacked by overwhelming numbers of Khostwal tribesmen. During their withdrawal, one of his soldiers lost his horse and he returned to rescue the soldier but died in the attampt aged 31 years. He was awarded the Victoria Cross (London Gazette 23 Jul 1915: " "For most conspicuous bravery on 7th January, 1915, at Spina Khaisora (Tochi Valley). During operations against the Khostwal tribesmen Capt. Jotham, who was commanding a party of about a dozen of the North Waziristan Militia, was attacked in a nullah and almost surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen. He gave the order to retire and could have himself escaped, but most gallantly sacrificed his own life by attempting to effect the rescue of one of his men who had lost his horse." He was buried in Miranshar Cemetery, Miranshar, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Actual burial here
He is also commemorated on the India Gate Memorial, New Delhi, Delhi Capital Territory, India.
Cenotaph here
Actual burial here
He is also commemorated on the India Gate Memorial, New Delhi, Delhi Capital Territory, India.
Cenotaph here
Captain Eustace Jotham, VC, 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), Indian Army. 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 on operations in the North West Frontier against when the small party he was commanding was attacked by overwhelming numbers of Khostwal tribesmen. During their withdrawal, one of his soldiers lost his horse and he returned to rescue the soldier but died in the attampt aged 31 years. He was awarded the Victoria Cross (London Gazette 23 Jul 1915: " "For most conspicuous bravery on 7th January, 1915, at Spina Khaisora (Tochi Valley). During operations against the Khostwal tribesmen Capt. Jotham, who was commanding a party of about a dozen of the North Waziristan Militia, was attacked in a nullah and almost surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen. He gave the order to retire and could have himself escaped, but most gallantly sacrificed his own life by attempting to effect the rescue of one of his men who had lost his horse." He was buried in Miranshar Cemetery, Miranshar, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Actual burial here
He is also commemorated on the India Gate Memorial, New Delhi, Delhi Capital Territory, India.
Cenotaph here
Actual burial here
He is also commemorated on the India Gate Memorial, New Delhi, Delhi Capital Territory, India.
Cenotaph here
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