Peter Grant (VC)
{{short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
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|birth_date= {{Birth year|1824}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1868|1|10|1824|||df=yes}}
|birth_place= Ireland
|death_place=Dundee, Scotland
|placeofburial= Eastern Necropolis, Dundee
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= British Army
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|rank= Private
|unit= 93rd Regiment of Foot
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|battles= Crimean War
Indian Mutiny
|awards= Victoria Cross
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Peter Grant VC (1824 – 10 January 1868) was a British Army soldier and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Victoria Cross action
Grant was about 33 years old, and a private in the 93rd Regiment of Foot (later The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)) during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 16 November 1857 at the Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, for which he was awarded the VC:
{{quote|93rd Regiment, Private P. Grant
Date of Act of Bravery, 16th November, 1857
For great personal gallantry, on the 16th of November, 1857, at the Secundra Bagh, in killing five of the enemy with one of their own swords, who were attempting to follow Lieutenant-Colonel Ewart, when that officer was carrying away a colour which he had captured. Elected by the private soldiers of the Regiment.{{London Gazette|issue=22212|page=5515|date=24 December 1858}}}}
He died from drowning in the River Tay in Dundee, Scotland on 10 January 1868.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041028140937/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/tayside.htm Location of grave and VC medal] (Tayside)
- [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbbeagra.htm Memorial dedication]
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Category:19th-century Irish military personnel
Category:Irish soldiers in the British Army
Category:Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross
Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross
Category:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers
Category:Deaths by drowning in the United Kingdom
Category:British Army personnel of the Crimean War
Category:British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross