Brigadier
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Guy Hudleston Boisragon
VC (5 November 1864 – 14 July 1931) was a recipient of the
Victoria Cross
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, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to
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and
Commonwealth forces.
Boisragon was 27 years old, and a
lieutenant
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in the
Indian Staff Corps
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Separate Staff Corps were formed in 1861 for the Bengal, Madras and Bombay Armies, which were later combined into the Indian Army. They were meant to provide officers f ...
,
British Indian Army, and
5th Gurkha Rifles
5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), also abbreviated as 5 GR(FF) is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army comprising Gurkha soldiers of Nepalese origin. It was formed in 1858 as part of the British Indian Army.
The regiment's battalions served ...
during the
Hunza-Naga Campaign,
India
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when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 2 December 1891 during the attack on
Nilt Fort
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,
India
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, Lieutenant Boisragon led the assault, forcing his way through difficult obstacles to the inner gate, when he returned for reinforcements, moving fearlessly to and fro under heavy cross-fire until he had collected sufficient men to drive the enemy from the fort.
He later achieved the rank of
brigadier
Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. I ...
.
Medal entitlement
Brigadier Guy Hudleston Boisragon is entitled to the following medals
See also
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List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration bestowed on members of the British or Commonwealth armed forces for acts of valour or gallantry performed in the face of the enemy. In the British honours system and those of many Commonwealth n ...
Notes
External links
Location of grave and VC medal''(Kensal Green Cemetery)''
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British recipients of the Victoria Cross
1864 births
1931 deaths
People educated at Charterhouse School
Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
British military personnel of the Hunza-Naga Campaign
People from Kohat District
British military personnel of the Tirah campaign
Indian Army personnel of World War I
Indian Staff Corps officers
British military personnel of the Hazara Expedition of 1888