Peter Grant (VC)
Peter Grant VC was a British Army soldier and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Grant was about 33 years old, and a private in the 93rd Regiment of Foot during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 16 November 1857 at the Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, for which he was awarded the VC:
He died from drowning in the River Tay in Dundee, Scotland on 10 January 1868.
