Peter Gill
Sergeant-Major, Loodiana Regiment
- Register No.
- 451 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Sergeant-Major (register: Sergeant Major) all Sergeant-Majors →
- Unit
- Loodiana Regiment all Loodiana Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 4 June 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- 23rd August 1858 on this day → all of 1858 →
- Born
- in September 1831 at St Paul's, Dublin
- Died
- 26th July, 1868 at Moror, Gwalior, India
- Memorial / grave
- on plaque in Christ Church CP Colony, Moror, Gwalior, MP, India
Digest of citation
On 4th June, 1857 at the Benares, India, Sergeant-Major Gill volunteered, with another sergeant major and a private * to rescue a paymaster and his family from their bungalow and take them to the safety of the barracks. During the same evening he saved the life of a quartermaster sergeant by cutting off the head of the sepoy who had just bayoneted him. He is also said to have twice saved the life of a major who was being attacked by sepoys
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
GILL, Peter. (Reg No. 451).
Sergeant-Major. Loodiana Regiment.
London Gazetted on 23rd August 1858.
Born on in September 1831 at St Paul's, Dublin.
Died on 26th July, 1868 at Moror, Gwalior, India.
Memorial on plaque in Christ Church CP Colony, Moror, Gwalior, MP, India.
Digest of Citation reads: On 4th June, 1857 at the Benares, India, Sergeant-Major Gill volunteered, with another sergeant major and a private * to rescue a paymaster and his family from their bungalow and take them to the safety of the barracks. During the same evening he saved the life of a quartermaster sergeant by cutting off the head of the sepoy who had just bayoneted him. He is also said to have twice saved the life of a major who was being attacked by sepoys.
* M. Rosamund (reg No. 1082) and John Kirk (reg No. 700).
Additional information:. Sergeant Major Gill volunteered along with sergeant-major Rosamund of the 37th Regiment, Bengal Light Infantry to bring in Captain Brown, Paymaster, and his family, from a detached bungalow in. He saved the life of a quartermaster sergeant a of the 25th Regiment, Bengal Light Infantry. On the same night, it is said, that armed only with a sergeant's sword he faced a guard of 27 men. It is also said that he twice saved the life of Major Barrett, of the 27th Regiment, Bengal Light Infantry when he was being attacked by sepoys on his own regiment.
Additional information
Sergeant Major Gill volunteered along with sergeant-major Rosamund of the 37th Regiment, Bengal Light Infantry to bring in Captain Brown, Paymaster, and his family, from a detached bungalow in. He saved the life of a quartermaster sergeant a of the 25th Regiment, Bengal Light Infantry. On the same night, it is said, that armed only with a sergeant's sword he faced a guard of 27 men. It is also said that he twice saved the life of Major Barrett, of the 27th Regiment, Bengal Light Infantry when he was being attacked by sepoys on his own regiment.
* M. Rosamund (reg No. 1082) and John Kirk (reg No. 700).
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Alf recorded the memorial as: on plaque in Christ Church CP Colony, Moror, Gwalior, MP, India
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