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'''Duncan Charles Home''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] ([[10 June]] [[1828]]-[[1 October]] [[1857]]) was a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.
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|birth_place= [[Jabalpur]], [[British India]]
|death_place=Malagarh, India
|placeofburial=Bolandsharh Cemetery, [[Aligarh]], India
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'''Duncan Charles Home''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (10 June 1828{{snd}}1 October 1857) was a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.


==Details==
==Details==
He was 29 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[Bengal Engineers]], [[Indian Army]] during the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
Home was 29 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[Bengal Engineers]], [[Bengal Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 14 September 1857 during the [[Siege of Delhi]], [[India]] for which he, Lieutenant [[Philip Salkeld]], Sergeant [[John Smith (sergeant)|John Smith]] and bugler [[Robert Hawthorne]] were awarded the VC:


{{Quote|"Lieutenants Duncan Charles Home and Philip Salkeld, Bengal Engineers, upon whom the Victoria Cross was provisionally conferred by Major-General [[Wilson_baronets#Wilson_baronets.2C_of_Delhi_.281858.29|Sir Archdale Wilson]], Bart., K.C.B., for their conspicuous bravery in the performance of the desperate duty of blowing in the Cashmere Gate of tho Fortress of Delhi, in broad daylight, under a heavy fire of musketry, on the morning of the 14th September, 1857, preparatory to the assault, would have been recommended to Her Majesty for confirmation in that distinction, had they survived."|London Gazette, 18 June 1858.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22154|page=2961|date=18 June 1858}}</ref>}}
On [[14 September]] [[1857]] during the [[Siege of Delhi]], [[India]], Lieutenant Home, with another lieutenant ([[Philip Salkeld]]), a sergeant ([[John Smith (sergeant)|John Smith]]) and a bugler ([[Robert Hawthorne]]) showed conspicuous gallantry in the desperate task of blowing in the Kashmir Gate in broad daylight under heavy and destructive musket fire, preparatory to the assault.


He was killed in action, Malagarh, [[India]], on [[1 October]] [[1857]].
He was [[killed in action]] at Malagarh, India, on 1 October 1857.


==The medal==
==The medal==
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The original medal was lost in 1920 when children of the then owner played "Soldiers" in a field near the house. Despite many searches it has not been found.
The original medal was lost in 1920 when children of the then owner played "Soldiers" in a field near the house. Despite many searches, it has not been found.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999)
*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997)
*[[The Sapper VCs]] (Gerald Napier, 1998)
*''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (This England, 1997)
*''[[The Sapper VCs]]'' (Gerald Napier, 1998)

==Further reading==
*Perkins, Roger. ''The Kashmir Gate: Lieutenant Home & the Delhi VCs''. Chippenham: Picton Pub, 1983. {{ISBN|0902633872}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_vc.htm#1h Royal Engineers Museum] Sappers VCs
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061218200907/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_vc.htm#1h Royal Engineers Museum] Sappers VCs
http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/aastolen.htm

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Latest revision as of 04:17, 8 June 2024

Duncan Home
Born10 June 1828
Jabalpur, British India
Died1 October 1857 (aged 29)
Malagarh, India
Buried
Bolandsharh Cemetery, Aligarh, India
Allegiance Vereinigtes Königreich
Service/branchBengal Army
Years of service1848–1857 †
RankLieutenant
UnitBengal Engineers
Battles/warsSecond Anglo-Sikh War
Indian Mutiny
Awards Victoria Cross

Duncan Charles Home VC (10 June 1828 – 1 October 1857) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

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Home was 29 years old, and a lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 14 September 1857 during the Siege of Delhi, India for which he, Lieutenant Philip Salkeld, Sergeant John Smith and bugler Robert Hawthorne were awarded the VC:

"Lieutenants Duncan Charles Home and Philip Salkeld, Bengal Engineers, upon whom the Victoria Cross was provisionally conferred by Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.B., for their conspicuous bravery in the performance of the desperate duty of blowing in the Cashmere Gate of tho Fortress of Delhi, in broad daylight, under a heavy fire of musketry, on the morning of the 14th September, 1857, preparatory to the assault, would have been recommended to Her Majesty for confirmation in that distinction, had they survived."

— London Gazette, 18 June 1858.[1]

He was killed in action at Malagarh, India, on 1 October 1857.

The medal

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The original medal was lost in 1920 when children of the then owner played "Soldiers" in a field near the house. Despite many searches, it has not been found.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 22154". The London Gazette. 18 June 1858. p. 2961.

Further reading

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  • Perkins, Roger. The Kashmir Gate: Lieutenant Home & the Delhi VCs. Chippenham: Picton Pub, 1983. ISBN 0902633872
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http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/aastolen.htm

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