Name Hugh McInnes Unit Bengal Artillery | ||
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Buried at St Peter's RC Cemetery, London Road, Glasgow | ||
Hugh McInnes VC (October 1815 – 7 December 1879) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross.
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McInnes was about 42 years old, and a gunner in the Bengal Artillery, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place at the Relief of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC:
Elected respectively, under the 13th clause of the Royal Warrant of 29 January 1856, by the Officers and non-commissioned officers generally, and by the private soldiers of each troop or battery, for conspicuous gallantry at the relief of Lucknow, from the 14th to 22 November 1857.
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