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{{Infobox military person
|name=Andrew Scott
|honorific_suffix=
|birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1840|8|22}}
|death_date={{death date and age|df=y|1882|9|5|1840|8|22}}
|birth_place=[[Devon]], [[England]]
|death_place=[[Srinagar]], [[British India]]
|placeofburial=Kashmir Cemetery
|image= Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
|image_size= 125
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}}
|serviceyears=
|rank=[[Major]]
|branch=[[File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg|23px]] [[British Indian Army]]
|commands=
|unit=[[Bengal Staff Corps]]
|battles=
{{plainlist|
*[[Balochistan Campaign#British conquest|Balochistan Campaign]]
*[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
}}
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
|laterwork=
|relations=
}}
Major '''Andrew Scott''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (22 August 1840 – 5 September 1882) was an [[England|English]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Details==
Scott was 36 years old, and a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in the [[Bengal Staff Corps]], [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Balochistan Campaign#British conquest|Balochistan Campaign]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 26 July 1877 at [[Quetta]], [[British India]], Captain Scott was on duty at the regimental parade ground in the evening when he heard that British officers were being killed and immediately rushed to the rescue. He found one lieutenant cut down and another hard pressed and wounded but being protected by a [[sepoy]]. Captain Scott bayoneted two of the assailants and closed with a third, who fell with him to the ground and was killed by the sepoys of the regiment. This action saved the life of the wounded lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24544|page=272|date=18 January 1878}}</ref>

He was [[killed in action]] at [[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]], on 5 September 1882.

==Further information==
He later achieved the rank of [[major]].

==References==
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*[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999)
*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997)

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[[Category:British recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:British Indian Army personnel killed in action]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Devon]]
[[Category:Bengal Staff Corps officers]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War]]

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