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Captain Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun, 19th Madras Native Infantry winning the Victoria Cross for an action when he charged with eight men on the 2nd Hyderabad Cavalry against rebels at Chichumbah, 15th Jan 1859

Watercolour on board by Lady Isobel Ryder at Burley in 1912, a copy of a painting by Orlando Norie.

During the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), on 15 January 1859, Captain Clogstoun, with a small force of cavalry, charged rebel forces attempting to escape from the fortified village of the Chichumbah. The enemy forces were forced back into the village but Clogstoun was severely wounded and lost seven out of the eight of his men whom he led.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2019-11-10-1-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2019-11-10-1-1

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