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	The original medal was lost in 1920 when children of the then owner played "Soldiers" in a field near the house. Despite many searches, it has not been found.{{Citation needed\|date=September ~~2020~~}}		The original medal was lost in 1920 when children of the then owner played "Soldiers" in a field near the house. Despite many searches, it has not been found.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2022}}

	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}
	*[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999)		*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
	*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997)		*''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (This England, 1997)
	*[[The Sapper VCs]] (Gerald Napier, 1998)		*''[[The Sapper VCs]]'' (Gerald Napier, 1998)

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Duncan Home
|birth_date=10 June 1828
|death_date=1 October 1857 (aged 29)
|birth_place= [[Jabalpur]], [[British India]]
|death_place=Malagarh, India
|placeofburial=Bolandsharh Cemetery, [[Aligarh]], India
|image= VCDuncanCharlesHome.jpg
|image_size=210
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{UK}}
|serviceyears=1848–1857{{KIA}}
|rank=[[Lieutenant]]
|branch=[[Bengal Army]]
|commands=
|unit=[[Bengal Engineers]]
|battles=[[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]<br>[[Indian Mutiny]]
|awards= [[File:UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]
|laterwork=
}}
'''Duncan Charles Home''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (10 June 1828{{snd}}1 October 1857) was a 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 of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Details==
Home was 29 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[Bengal Engineers]], [[Bengal Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 14 September 1857 during the [[Siege of Delhi]], [[India]] for which he, Lieutenant [[Philip Salkeld]], Sergeant [[John Smith (sergeant)|John Smith]] and bugler [[Robert Hawthorne]] were awarded the VC:

{{Quote|"Lieutenants Duncan Charles Home and Philip Salkeld, Bengal Engineers, upon whom the Victoria Cross was provisionally conferred by Major-General [[Wilson_baronets#Wilson_baronets.2C_of_Delhi_.281858.29|Sir Archdale Wilson]], Bart., K.C.B., for their conspicuous bravery in the performance of the desperate duty of blowing in the Cashmere Gate of tho Fortress of Delhi, in broad daylight, under a heavy fire of musketry, on the morning of the 14th September, 1857, preparatory to the assault, would have been recommended to Her Majesty for confirmation in that distinction, had they survived."|London Gazette, 18 June 1858.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22154|page=2961|date=18 June 1858}}</ref>}}

He was [[killed in action]] at Malagarh, India, on 1 October 1857.

==The medal==

The original medal was lost in 1920 when children of the then owner played "Soldiers" in a field near the house. Despite many searches, it has not been found.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999)
*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997)
*[[The Sapper VCs]] (Gerald Napier, 1998)

==Further reading==
*Perkins, Roger. ''The Kashmir Gate: Lieutenant Home & the Delhi VCs''. Chippenham: Picton Pub, 1983. {{ISBN|0902633872}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061218200907/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_vc.htm#1h Royal Engineers Museum] Sappers VCs

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[[Category:People educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey]]
[[Category:British recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:British military personnel killed in the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Sikh War]]
[[Category:People from Jabalpur]]
[[Category:Bengal Engineers officers]]