Victoria Cross file, Pte James Collis, Royal Horse Artillery, 1880
file, record
Accession Number
NAM.1974-07-83-495
Description
Victoria Cross file, James Collis, Royal Horse Artillery, 1880. Associated with the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880). Victoria Cross forfeited as Collis was convicted of bigamy. 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.
Events
Maiwand, Battle of, 1880 (2nd Afghan War 1878-1880)
Associated collection
