Duncan Charles Home
Lieutenant, Bengal Engineers
- Register No.
- 590 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- Bengal Engineers (register: Bengal Sappers and Miners) all Bengal Sappers and Miners VCs →
- Date of action
- 14 September 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- 18th June 1858 on this day → all of 1858 →
- Born
- 10th June, 1828 at Jubbulpore, India
- Died
- 1st October, 1857 at Malagarh, India
- Memorial / grave
- on his Tomb at Bolandshahr, India, at the Kashmir Gate, Delhi and in St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, India
Digest of citation
On 14th September, 1857 at Delhi, India, Lieutenant Home, with another Lieutenant, a Sergeant and a Bugler * 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. The three others involved were R. Hawthorne (reg No. 549) P. Salkeld (reg No. reg No. 1100) and J Smith (reg No. 1164)
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
HOME, Duncan Charles. (reg No 590).
Lieutenant. Bengal Engineers.
London Gazetted on 18th June 1858.
Born on 10th June, 1828 at Jubbulpore, India.
Died on 1st October, 1857 at Malagarh, India.
Memorial on his Tomb at Bolandshahr, India, at the Kashmir Gate, Delhi and in St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, India.
Digest of Citation reads:. On 14th September, 1857 at Delhi, India, Lieutenant Home, with another Lieutenant, a Sergeant and a Bugler * 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. The three others involved were R. Hawthorne (reg No. 549) P. Salkeld (reg No. reg No. 1100) and J Smith (reg No. 1164).
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Alf recorded the memorial as: on his Tomb at Bolandshahr, India, at the Kashmir Gate, Delhi and in St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, India
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