Aylmer Spicer Cameron
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders) ---(Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's)
- Register No.
- 175 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders) ---(Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's) (register: 72nd Regiment of Foot) all 72nd Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 30 March 1858 on this day → all of 1858 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- 11th November 1859 on this day → all of 1859 →
- Born
- 12th August 1833. (birthplace not known)
- Died
- 13th June 1909 at Alverstoke, Hampshire
- Memorial / grave
- not known
Digest of citation
On 30th March 1858 at Kotah, India, Lieutenant Cameron headed a small party of men and attacked a body a fanatic rebels, previously posted in a loopholed house with one narrow entrance. Lieutenant Cameron storm the house and killed three of the rebels in single combat. He was severely wounded, having lost half of one hand by a stroke from a tulwar*
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
CAMERON, Aylmer Spicer. (reg No. 175)
Lieutenant 1st Battalion 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders) ---(Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's).
London Gazetted on 11th November 1859.
Born on 12th August 1833. (birthplace not known)
Died on 13th June 1909 at Alverstoke, Hampshire.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: On 30th March 1858 at Kotah, India, Lieutenant Cameron headed a small party of men and attacked a body a fanatic rebels, previously posted in a loopholed house with one narrow entrance. Lieutenant Cameron storm the house and killed three of the rebels in single combat. He was severely wounded, having lost half of one hand by a stroke from a tulwar* * A kind of sword.
Additional information:. Colonel Cameron also holds the Companion of (the Order of ) the Bath. He commanded the King's Own Borderers from 1881-83 ---he was chief of the Intelligence Department from 1883-86. From 1886 to 1888 he was the Commandant of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
Additional information
Colonel Cameron also holds the Companion of (the Order of ) the Bath. He commanded the King's Own Borderers from 1881-83 ---he was chief of the Intelligence Department from 1883-86. From 1886 to 1888 he was the Commandant of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
* A kind of sword.
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