Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22131/pages/2050. Lieutenant William Alexander Kerr, 24th Bombay Native Infantry. On 10th July 1857 at Kolapore, India, Lieutenant Kerr, with a small party went to attack the position taken up by mutineers in the stronghold near the town. The attacking party had no guns and the enemy kept up a ceaseless fire, but Lieutenant Kerr made a dash at one of the gateways with some dismounted horsemen and forced an entrance. The attack was successful and the defenders were all either killed, wounded or captured.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22131/pages/2050. Lieutenant William Alexander Kerr, 24th Bombay Native Infantry. On 10th July 1857 at Kolapore, India, Lieutenant Kerr, with a small party went to attack the position taken up by mutineers in the stronghold near the town. The attacking party had no guns and the enemy kept up a ceaseless fire, but Lieutenant Kerr made a dash at one of the gateways with some dismounted horsemen and forced an entrance. The attack was successful and the defenders were all either killed, wounded or captured.