Fascinating Facts
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There are three cases of a father and son both winning the VC:
Lieutenant Frederick S. Roberts (pictured), Bengal Artillery (Indian Mutiny) and Lieutenant H. S. Roberts, King’s Royal Rifle Corps (Boer War).
Captain Walter N. Congreve, The Rifle Brigade (Boer War) and Bt/Major William La T. Congreve, The Rifle Brigade (World War One).
Major Charles J. S. Gough, 5th Bengal European Cavalry (Indian Mutiny) and Bt/Major John E. Gough, The Rifle Brigade (Somaliland).
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The youngest winner of the VC was 15 years and three months old. Hospital Apprentice Andrew Fitzgibbon, Indian Medical Establishment, won the VC on 21 August 1860 at the storming of the North Taku fort (pictured) when attached to the 67th Regiment during the Second China War (1857-1862).
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The oldest VC winner was sixty-one year old Lieutenant William Raynor of the Bengal Veteran Establishment who won the VC during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) on 11 May 1857 defending the Delhi (pictured) Magazine.
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Four civilians were awarded the VC while serving with the armed forces during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). They were: George Bell Chicken a civilian volunteer with the Indian Naval Brigade and William Fraser McDonell, Ross Lowis Mangles and Thomas Kavanagh, of the Bengal Civil Service.
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The largest number of VCs won in a single day was 24 on 16 November 1857 during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) with 23 awarded for the Second Relief of Lucknow and the remaining award at Naroul, south west of Delhi.
