THE VICTORIA .CROSS.

Colonist, Issue 54, 27 April 1858, Page 3

THE VICTORIA .CROSS.

The-'Queen "has" been graciously pleased'to signify her intention to confe? the -decoration,:of the Victoria Cross on tlie undermratiojie 1 officers and men of her Majesty's army who have been recommenced to her Majesty foi' that decoration,- m accordance with the rules laid "down .in her Majesty's warrant of the 29 th of' January, 1856, o:i account of acts of bravery performed by them in India/ as recorded against ■ their several, name's,, viz —78th Regiment:; Lieutenant Jos :ph P. 11. Crowe, /nxw Captain lOtli Regiment, forbeing the. first*-.to enter the redoubt' at Bourzekee Clipwkee, the entrenched village in front of the Busherat guuge, on the 12th of "August, 1857. . [Teleg l 'a-n from the late.Major-Geueral Sir Henry Havelock to the Commander-in-Chief in India, dated Cawnpore, 23th August 1857.] - 10th Regiment:■ ;Lieute+ iiant Henry Marshraan Hayejoek, now Captain' ■18th Regiment—"in the combat at Gawnpore, Lieutenant Havelock was my ai<)e-de*ctunp. The 04th had been. mup)i,:undel'. artillery fire,; from which it had severely -The whole of the infantry, w.er.e, lying, down, in line, when, perceiving- that 'flie'eiieray -brpuglit out the last reserved' guir; 0a "M-pbuiulerv and were rallying round it,: Icalied up the regiment to rise and advance. Withoivt' any of her. word fom me, Lieutenaut .Havelock placed"Him-elf on "his horse, in front of the centre of .the.64th,_• opposite .the muzzle of the guh> - Major Stirling, commanding the regiment,, was in front, dismounted, but the Lieutenant continued to move" steadily on in front of the'regiment at a foot. pace on his horse. Ther gun discharged shot until the troops were within a short distance, when they fired grape. ■ In went the corps, led by the Lieutenant^ who still steered steadily on the gun's muzzle until it: was mastered by a rush of the:64th.";; [EJxtract of a telegram frbme the late Major-Genera! Sir Henry Havelock to the Commander in-Chief in India, dated Cawnpore, 18th;August, 1857.] —9th Lancers: Privates Thomas Hancock and John Purcell-r----"The guns, I am, happy to say, were saved, but a waggon of Major Spott's battery was blown up. I must not fail to mention the excellent conduct of a sowar of the 4th Irregular Cavalry, and two men of the 9th Lancers, Privates Thomas Hancock and Joh'h Purcell, who, when my horse was showdown, remained by me throughout; One of these men and the sowar offered me their horses, and I was dragged out by.the sowar's horse: Private. Hancock was severely wounded, an* Private Purcell's horse was killed under him. •-The sowar's name is Roopur Khan."—[Extriatct of a letter from Btigadier J. H. Grant, C.8,, Commanding Cavalry Brigade of the Field Force, to .the Deputy-As-sistant-Adjutant-Gerieral of ; Division,* dated Camp, Delhi, June 22nd, • 1857.]^Fn<%'s Gazette,-Jan. 17. \iC) ' :