Notes
Colonel Sir Henry Wilmot, VC , Rifle Brigade, Indian Mutiny, awarded the VC for his actions on 11 March 1858. His Citation read 'For conspicuous gallantry at Lucknow on the 11th March, 1858. Captain Wilmot’s Company was engaged with a large body of the enemy, near the Iron Bridge. That officer found himself at the end of a street with only four of his men, opposed to a considerable body. One of the four was shot through both legs, and became utterly helpless: the two men lifted him up, and although Private Hawkes was severely wounded, he carried him for a considerable distance, exposed to the fire of the enemy, Captain Wilmot firing with the men’s rifles, and covering the retreat of the party. Despatch of Brigadier-General Walpole, C.B., dated 20th of March, 1858.' (The London Gazette of 24 December 1858, Numb. 22212, p. 5515).