Victoria Cross file, Pte Henry Addison, 43rd Regiment, 1859.
Associated with the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).
From a collection of 596 files relating to Victoria Cross recipients between 1855 and 1967, compiled by the Rev Canon William Murrell Lummis MC, Rural Dean of Hingham, Norfolk, retired Captain, Suffolk Regiment.


Private Addison (1821-1887) won the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). On 2 January 1859 near Kurrereah, he defended a lieutenant from his regiment against a large force of rebels and saved his life when he had fallen on the ground wounded. The private received two dangerous wounds which resulted in the amputation of his leg.