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John Christopher Guise (27 July 1826 – 5 February 1895) was a
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officer and
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recipient of the
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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. Guise attended Sandhurst and served in the
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albeit briefly as he was forced to return home after falling ill. During the Indian Mutiny, on 16 and 17 November 1857 at
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, whilst a major in the
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(later
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), Guise, together with sergeant (
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), saved the life of a captain at the storming of the Secundra Bagh and also went in under heavy fire to help two wounded men. For this he was elected by the regiment to be awarded the VC. His citation reads: His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London. He later achieved the rank of
lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
and was made colonel of The Leicestershire Regiment from 1890 until his death.


References


Location of grave and VC medal
''(Co. Wexford, Ireland)''

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guise, John Christopher 1826 births 1895 deaths Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Cameronians officers British Army lieutenant generals British recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army personnel of the Crimean War Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross Companions of the Order of the Bath Younger sons of baronets People from Highnam British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross