Peter Grant
Private, 93rd Foot Regiment (to become The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.....Princess Louise's)
- Register No.
- 480 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Private all Privates →
- Unit
- 93rd Foot Regiment (to become The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.....Princess Louise's) (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
- 24th December 1858 on this day → all of 1858 →
- Born
- a date unknown in 1824 in Ireland
- Died
- 10th January 1868 at Dundee, Scotland
- Memorial / grave
- not recorded
Digest of citation
On 16 November 1857 at Lucknow, India, Private Grant showed great personal gallantry at the Secundra Bagh in killing five of the enemy with one of their own swords when they weere attempting to follow the colonel as that officer was carrying a Colour which he had captured. (He was elected by the regiment for the VC)
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
GRANT, Peter (Reg. No.480)
Private 93rd Foot Regiment (to become The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.....Princess Louise's)
London Gazetted on 24th December 1858.
Born on: a date unknown in 1824 in Ireland.
Died on: 10th January 1868 at Dundee, Scotland.
Memorials not recorded.
Digest of Citation reads: On 16 November 1857 at Lucknow, India, Private Grant showed great personal gallantry at the Secundra Bagh in killing five of the enemy with one of their own swords when they weere attempting to follow the colonel as that officer was carrying a Colour which he had captured. (He was elected by the regiment for the VC)
Additional information: He served in the Indian Mutiny. He Died on the 10th January 1868 by drowning, aged 44.
Additional information
He served in the Indian Mutiny. He Died on the 10th January 1868 by drowning, aged 44.
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Alf recorded the memorial as: not recorded
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