Thomas Henry Kavanagh VC déguisé en autochtone est confronté par les cipayes rebelles au cours de la rébellion indienne.

• Contributeur: Walker Art Library / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: BPWPC9
• Taille du fichier: 84,1 MB (6 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 5633 x 5221 px | 47,7 x 44,2 cm | 18,8 x 17,4 inches | 300dpi
• Lieu: Lucknow, Awadh, India

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a civilian in the Bengal Civil Service during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 9 November 1857 at the Siege of Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Mr. Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Assistant Commissioner in Oude. Mr. Kavanagh, then serving under the orders of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, in Lucknow, volunteered on the dangerous duty of proceeding through the City to the Camp of the Commander-in-Chief, for the purpose of guiding the relieving Force to the beleaguered Garrison in the Residency, a task which he performed with chivalrous gallantry and devotion.

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