Person    | Male  Born 19/4/1856  Died 28/6/1918

James Collis, VC

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Afghanistan

War served, Other war i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, a war, not WW1 or WW2.

Gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the retreat from Maiwand to Kandahar in the Second Anglo-Afghan War on 28th July 1880.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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