File:Herbert MacPherson Charging at Lucknow.jpg

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English: 'Lieut Herbert T Macpherson (Adjutant) charging up a street in Lucknow at the head of the 78th Highlanders to capture the enemy's guns', Lucknow, 1857 .

Oleolithograph after Harry Payne, published, 1890 (c).

On 25 September 1857 at Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), Lieutenant Macpherson 'set an example of heroic gallantry to the men of his regiment at the period of the action in which they captured two brass 9-pounders at the point of the bayonet'. Macpherson was later promoted to major-general and awarded a GCB.

One of a series entitled 'Victoria Cross Gallery, 1854-1884'.

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NAM. 1973-02-10-5

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https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1973-02-10-5
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National Army Museum

'Victoria Cross Gallery, 1854-1884'

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