Jacob Thomas
Bombardier, Bengal Artillery
- Register No.
- 1209 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Bombardier all Bombardiers →
- Unit
- Bengal Artillery all Bengal Artillery VCs →
- Date of action
- 27 September 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- the 24th December, 1858 on this day → all of 1858 →
- Born
- in 1833 at Llanwinio, Carmarthen, Wales
- Died
- 3rd March 1911 at Darjeeling, India
- Memorial / grave
- Buried in an unmarked grave at Bandel Churchyard, Hooghly, Darjeeling, India
- Medal held by
- the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich
Digest of citation
At Lucknow, India, on the 27th September, 1857, when the party, to which Bombardier Thomas was attached, was returning to the Residency, after a sortie, the Bombardier, under extremely considerable difficulty, brought in, on his back, a wounded soldier of the Madras Fusiliers, thus saving him from falling into the hands of the rebels
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
THOMAS, Jacob. (reg No. 1209).
Bombardier. Bengal Artillery.
London Gazetted on the 24th December, 1858.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich.
Born in 1833 at Llanwinio, Carmarthen, Wales.
Died on 3rd March 1911 at Darjeeling, India.
Buried in an unmarked grave at Bandel Churchyard, Hooghly, Darjeeling, India.
Digest of Citation reads: At Lucknow, India, on the 27th September, 1857, when the party, to which Bombardier Thomas was attached, was returning to the Residency, after a sortie, the Bombardier, under extremely considerable difficulty, brought in, on his back, a wounded soldier of the Madras Fusiliers, thus saving him from falling into the hands of the rebels.
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Alf recorded the memorial as: Buried in an unmarked grave at Bandel Churchyard, Hooghly, Darjeeling, India
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