Add to albumThis scene shows Surgeon Jee dressing the wound of a fallen Highland soldier whilst under fire at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny, 25-26 September 1857.
The citation for this award of the V.C., in the London Gazette of 9 November 1860, said that Jee, 'by great exertion and devoted exposure, attended to the large number of men wounded in the charge'.
Painted by Hudson Scott, Carlisle.
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- Online ID: 000-000-100-246-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
The Thistle at War
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland M.1932.646
- Date: 1857-80
26 - 26 September 1857
- Material: Tin; with coloured embossed scenes
Oatcake tin
- Dimensions: 134 mm H x 140 mm W x 85 mm D
- What: Oatcake tin
- Subject: Miscellanea
- Who:
- Where: India, Lucknow (where incident took place)
- Event: Victoria Cross
- Description: Tin for oatcakes, with coloured, embossed scenes of incidents of the winning of the Victoria Cross, 1856 - 1880.
- References:
- McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh, NMS, 1997
- Wood, Stephen The Scottish soldier. Manchester: Archive Publications in association with the National Museums of Scotland, 1987
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