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	==Further information==		==Further information==
	He later achieved the rank of [[sergeant]], and died of [[cholera]] while serving in [[India]]. He was buried in a mass grave. <ref>[http://www.sofo.org.uk/admin/research-centre/oxfordshire-vcs/vc--the-indian-mutiny Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum] {{webarchive\|url=https://archive.is/20130423194359/http://www.sofo.org.uk/admin/research-centre/oxfordshire-vcs/vc--the-indian-mutiny \|date=23 April 2013 }}</ref>		He later achieved the rank of [[sergeant]], and died of [[cholera]] while serving in [[India]]. He was buried in a mass grave. <ref>[http://www.sofo.org.uk/admin/research-centre/oxfordshire-vcs/vc--the-indian-mutiny Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum] {{webarchive\|url=https://archive.today/20130423194359/http://www.sofo.org.uk/admin/research-centre/oxfordshire-vcs/vc--the-indian-mutiny \|date=23 April 2013 }}</ref>

	==The medal==		==The medal==

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{{short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
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{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Henry Smith
|honorific_suffix=
|birth_date=1825
|death_date= 18 August {{death year and age|1862|1825}}
|birth_place= [[Thames Ditton]], [[Surrey]]
|death_place=[[Gwalior]], [[British India]]
|placeofburial=Gwalior Cemetery
|image=Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
|image_size=125
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}}
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|rank=[[Sergeant]]
|branch={{army|United Kingdom}}
|commands=
|unit=[[52nd Regiment of Foot]]
|battles=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
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'''Henry Smith''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (1825 – 18 August 1862) 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==
Smith was about 32 years old, and a [[lance corporal]] in the [[52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot]] (later the [[Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]]), [[British Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 14 September 1857 at [[Delhi]], [[India]] for which he was awarded the VC:
{{quote|Lance-Corporal Smith most gallantly carried away a wounded comrade under a heavy fire of grape and musketry on the Chaundee Chouck, in the city of Delhi, on the morning of the assault on the 14th September, 1857.

(General Order of Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.B., dated Head Quarters, Delhi City, September 21, 1857.)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22131|page=2051|date=27 April 1858}}</ref>}}

==Further information==
He later achieved the rank of [[sergeant]], and died of [[cholera]] while serving in [[India]]. He was buried in a mass grave. <ref>[http://www.sofo.org.uk/admin/research-centre/oxfordshire-vcs/vc--the-indian-mutiny Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130423194359/http://www.sofo.org.uk/admin/research-centre/oxfordshire-vcs/vc--the-indian-mutiny |date=23 April 2013 }}</ref>

==The medal==
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum]], [[Winchester]], England.

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

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