Killed with Melvill at the battle of Isandlwana attempting to save the Colours, both he and Melvill were one of the first batch of posthumous Victoria Crosses to be awarded retrospectively.
Reims, 12/13 March 1814, the storming of a French fortified town by the Russio-Prussians and the retaking of the town by Napoleon on the following day.
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