Col. Aylmer Spicer Cameron, VC CB

Colonel Aylmer Spicer Cameron, VC CB (12 August 1833 – 10 June 1909), born in Perth***, was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross.

***NOTE his birthplace in census returns is given as Christchurch, Hampshire - 1851, 1861, 1891 There is no birth registered for this name at Scotland's People.

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• Name: Spicer Aylmer Cameron
• Gender: Male
• Birth Date: Aug 1833
• Baptism Date: 30 Aug 1834
• Baptism Place: Christchurch, Hampshire, England
• Father: William Gordon Cameron
• Mother: Caroline
• FHL Film Number: 1041289

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Cameron was 24 years old, and a lieutenant 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:

For conspicuous bravery on the 30th of March, 1858, at Kotah, in having headed a small party of men, and attacked a body of armed fanatic rebels, strongly posted in a loop-holed house, with one narrow entrance. Lieutenant Cameron stormed the house, and killed three rebels in single combat. He was severely wounded, having lost half of one hand by a stroke from a tulwar.

He later achieved the rank of colonel and was Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 1886 to 1888.

His son, Cecil Aylmer Cameron, was also a distinguished Army officer.

Reference - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aylmer_Cameron

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