Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Sergeant, in the 1st Bengal Fusiliers, British Army. On September 14, 1857, at Delhi, India, the troops were waiting at the Kabul Gate for reserve ammunition being carried when three boxes exploded and two were set on fire by enemy shot. Sergeant McGuire and a drummer who were part of the ammunition guard, seeing the danger of the fire spreading, seized the two boxes which were alight and threw them over the ramparts into the canal, thus saving many lives. For the most highest valour in action, he was awarded the Victoria Cross Medal.
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Sergeant, in the 1st Bengal Fusiliers, British Army. On September 14, 1857, at Delhi, India, the troops were waiting at the Kabul Gate for reserve ammunition being carried when three boxes exploded and two were set on fire by enemy shot. Sergeant McGuire and a drummer who were part of the ammunition guard, seeing the danger of the fire spreading, seized the two boxes which were alight and threw them over the ramparts into the canal, thus saving many lives. For the most highest valour in action, he was awarded the Victoria Cross Medal.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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