James Munro
Colour-Sergeant, 93rd Regiment
- Register No.
- 902 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Colour-Sergeant (register: Colour Sergeant) all Colour-Sergeants →
- Unit
- 93rd Regiment (register: 93rd Regiment of Foot) all 93rd Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 16 November 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- 8th November, 1860 on this day → all of 1860 →
- Born
- in 1827 at Nigg, Cromarty, Ross, Scotland
- Died
- the 15th February 1871 at Inverness, Scotland
- Memorial / grave
- not known
Digest of citation
At the Secundra Bagh , Lucknow, India, on 16th November 1857, Colour Sergeant Munro went to the rescue of Captain Walsh, of the 93rd Regiment, who was severely wounded. He then carried the wounded officer to a place of safety, which incidentally, the sergeant himself, was carried to shortly afterwards, when he was wounded
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
MUNRO, James. (reg No. 902).
Colour-Sergeant. 93rd Regiment. * London Gazetted 8th November, 1860.
Born in 1827 at Nigg, Cromarty, Ross, Scotland.
Died on the 15th February 1871 at Inverness, Scotland.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: At the Secundra Bagh , Lucknow, India, on 16th November 1857, Colour Sergeant Munro went to the rescue of Captain Walsh, of the 93rd Regiment, who was severely wounded. He then carried the wounded officer to a place of safety, which incidentally, the sergeant himself, was carried to shortly afterwards, when he was wounded.
* Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
* Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
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