Anthony Home
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military person Surgeon General Sir Anthony Dickson Home Template:Post-nominals (30 November 1826 – 10 August 1914) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
BiographyEdit
Home graduated from the University of St Andrews School of Medicine with an MD in 1848. Home was 30 years old, and a surgeon in the 90th Foot, British Army during the Indian Mutiny on 26 September 1857 at the Relief of Lucknow, India, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:
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In the early 1860s, Home was stationed in New Zealand and fought in the New Zealand Wars.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and achieved the rank of surgeon general.
Arthur Conan Doyle worked with him a few times and stated that, "..he seemed a most disagreeable old man...and yet when I married shortly afterwards he sent me a most charming message wishing me good fortune..."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Home died on 10 August 1914 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.
The medalEdit
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett, Surrey.
WorksEdit
- Service Memoirs (1912)
ReferencesEdit
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)
External linksEdit
- Location of grave and VC medal (N. London)