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{{Infobox military person
|name=Jacob Thomas
|birth_date= February 1833
|death_date= 3 March 1911 (aged 78)
|birth_place=[[Llanwinio]], [[Carmarthenshire]]
|death_place=[[Hugli-Chinsura|Hooghly]], [[British India]]
|placeofburial=Bandel Churchyard, [[Hugli-Chinsura|Hooghly]]
|image=Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
|image_size=125
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{UK}}
|serviceyears=
|rank=[[Quartermaster-Sergeant]]
|branch=[[Bengal Army]]
|commands=
|unit=[[Bengal Artillery]]
|battles=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
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'''Jacob Thomas''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (February 1833 – 3 March 1911)<ref>{{cite book|author=Max Arthur|title=Symbol of Courage: The Men Behind the Medal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JjBbZwtikwC&pg=PA680|year=2005|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-0-330-49133-4|pages=680}}</ref> was a [[Wales|Welsh]] 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==
Thomas was about 24 years old, and a [[Bombardier (rank)|bombardier]] in the [[Bengal Artillery]], [[Bengal Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 27 September 1857 at the [[Siege of Lucknow]], [[British India]] for which he was awarded the VC:
{{quote|For distinguished gallantry at Lucknow on the 27th September, 1857, in having brought off on his back, under a heavy fire, under circumstances of considerable difficulty, a wounded soldier of the Madras Fusiliers, when the party to which he was attached was returning to the Residency from a sortie, whereby he saved him from falling into the hands of the enemy.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22212|page=5519|date=24 December 1858}}</ref>}}

==Further information==
He later achieved the rank of [[quartermaster-sergeant]]. He was born in [[Llanwinio]] near [[Carmarthen]] and died near [[Darjeeling]] aged 77.

==The medal==
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[Royal Artillery Museum]], [[Woolwich]], England.

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

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