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Anthony Home

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few stragglers, and being entirely separated from the column, this small party with the wounded were forced into a house, in which they defended themselves till it was set on fire. They then retreated to a shed a few yards from it, and in this place continued to defend themselves for more than twenty-two hours, till relieved. At last, only six men and Mr. Home remained to fire. Of four officers who were with the party, all were badly wounded, and three are since dead. The conduct of the defence during the latter part of the time devolved therefore on Mr. Home, and to his active exertions previously to being forced into the house, and his good conduct throughout, the safety of any of the wounded, and the successful defence, is mainly to be attributed.
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For persevering bravery and admirable conduct in charge of the wounded men left behind the column, when the troops under the late Major-General Havelock, forced their way into the Residency of Lucknow, on the 26th September, 1857. The escort left with the wounded had, by casualties, been reduced to a
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worked with him a few times and stated that, "..he seemed a most disagreeable old man...and yet when I married shortly afterwards he sent me a most charming message wishing me good fortune..."
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In the early 1860s, Home was stationed in New Zealand and fought in the
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Home died on 10 August 1914 and was buried on the western side of
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British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War
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Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross
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Index

VC
KCB

Dunbar
East Lothian
Kensington
London
Highgate Cemetery
United Kingdom

British Army
Surgeon General
West India Regiment
13th Hussars
90th Regiment of Foot
35th Regiment of Foot
8th Hussars
Crimean War
Indian Mutiny
Second Anglo-Chinese War
New Zealand Wars
Anglo-Ashanti War
Victoria Cross
Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
New Zealand War Medal
Crimea Medal
Indian Mutiny Medal
Second China War Medal
Africa General Service Medal
Turkish Crimea Medal

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