photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1963-06-85-1
Description
Painted photograph of Capt John Buckley, Deputy Assistant Commissary of Ordnance, 1860 (c). He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his service in blowing up the powder magazine at Delhi, 11 May 1857. Associated with the Siege of Delhi, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) 1857.
Events
Delhi, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)