George Forrest VC
Name: George Forrest
Conflict: Indian Mutiny
Gazetted: June 18, 1858
Service: Indian Army
George Forrest VC
Medal group
Place/date of birth: St Michael’s, Dublin, Ireland/circa 1800
Rank when awarded VC (and later highest rank): Lieutenant and Assistant Commissary of Ordnance (Captain)
Date of bravery: May 11, 1857
London Gazette citation:
Captain George Forrest, Bengal Veteran Establishment
For gallant conduct in the defence of the Delhi Magazine, on the 11th May, 1857
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Other decorations: N/A
Place/date of death: Dehra Dun, India/November 3, 1859
Grave/memorials: Headstone, Dehra Dun Cemetery, India; name on memorial tablet at Delhi Magazine; Royal Artillery Memorial, Woolwich, London
Origin of VC to the Lord Ashcroft collection: Purchased at auction, Morton & Eden, 2020
Current location of VC: Displayed on rotation at The Lord Ashcroft Gallery: Extraordinary Heroes exhibition, Imperial War Museum