Aylmer Spicer Cameron
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Colonel
Aylmer Spicer Cameron VC
CB
(12 August 1833 – 10 June 1909) was an English
recipient of the Victoria Cross
, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British
and Commonwealth
forces.
in the 1st Battalion, 72nd Highlanders, British Army
during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 30 March 1858 at Kotah, India
for which he was awarded the VC:
and was Commandant of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst from 1886 to 1888.
His son, Cecil Aylmer Cameron
, was also a distinguished Army officer.
Colonel
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Aylmer Spicer Cameron VC
Victoria Cross
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CB
Order of the Bath
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(12 August 1833 – 10 June 1909) was an English
England
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recipient of the Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British
United Kingdom
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and Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations
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forces.
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Cameron was 24 years old, and a lieutenantLieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
in the 1st Battalion, 72nd Highlanders, British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 30 March 1858 at Kotah, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
for which he was awarded the VC:
Further information
He later achieved the rank of colonelColonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
and was Commandant of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst from 1886 to 1888.
His son, Cecil Aylmer Cameron
Cecil Aylmer Cameron
Major Cecil Aylmer Cameron CBE DSO was a British Army officer and spymaster and also a central figure of a notable fraud trial of 1911....
, was also a distinguished Army officer.