NAM.1958-12-55-1

Lieutenant Thomas Adair Butler (1836-1901), 1st [Bengal] European Fusiliers, winning the VC at Lucknow, Indian Mutiny, 9 March 1858. Oil on canvas, by Louis William Desanges (1822-1906), 1860 (c). According to Major General Sir James Outram’s Memorandum in the Governor General’s Gazette Extraordinary, Monday April 5th, 1858, Lieutenant Thomas Butler ‘... swam across the River Goomtee, at Lucknow, and climbing the parapet, remained in that position for a considerable time, under a heavy fire of musketry, until the work was occupied, 9th March 1858’. Associated with the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).

Lucknow, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)