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	==Details==		==Details==
	Gill was approximately 25 years old, and a [[sergeant-major]] in the [[15th Ludhiana Sikhs\|Loodiana Regiment]], during the [[Indian Mutiny]] on 4 June 1857 at [[Benares]], [[India]] when he (and Sergeant-Major [[Matthew Rosamund]]) were awarded the Victoria Cross for the following deeds:		Gill was approximately 25 years old, and a [[sergeant-major]] in the [[15th Ludhiana Sikhs\|Loodiana Regiment]], during the [[Indian Mutiny]] on 4 June 1857 at [[Benares]], [[India]] when he (and Sergeant-Major [[Matthew Rosamund]]) were awarded the Victoria Cross for the following deeds:
	{{~~quote~~\|This Non-Commissioned Officer also conducted himself with gallantry at Benares, on the night of the 4th of June, 1857. He volunteered, with Serjeant-Major Rosamond, of the 37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to bring in Captain Brown, Pension Paymaster, and his family, from a detached Bungalow to the Barracks, as above recorded, and saved the life of the Quartermaster-Sergeant of the 25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, in the early part of the evening, by cutting off the head of the Sepoy who had just bayonetted him. Serjeant-Major Gill states, that on the same night he faced a Guard of 27 men, with only a Serjeant's sword; and it is also represented that he twice saved the life of Major Barrett, 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, when attacked by Sepoys.}}<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=22176\|page=3903\|date=24 August 1858}}</ref>		{{blockquote\|This Non-Commissioned Officer also conducted himself with gallantry at Benares, on the night of the 4th of June, 1857. He volunteered, with Serjeant-Major Rosamond, of the 37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to bring in Captain Brown, Pension Paymaster, and his family, from a detached Bungalow to the Barracks, as above recorded, and saved the life of the Quartermaster-Sergeant of the 25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, in the early part of the evening, by cutting off the head of the Sepoy who had just bayonetted him. Serjeant-Major Gill states, that on the same night he faced a Guard of 27 men, with only a Serjeant's sword; and it is also represented that he twice saved the life of Major Barrett, 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, when attacked by Sepoys.}}<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=22176\|page=3903\|date=24 August 1858}}</ref>

	Gill later achieved the rank of [[lieutenant]]. He was killed in action, Morar, [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India, on 26 July 1868.		Gill later achieved the rank of [[lieutenant]]. He was killed in action at Morar, [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India, on 26 July 1868.

	==References==		==References==
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	*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)		*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
	*''[[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross]]'' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)		*''[[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross]]'' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)


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{{Other people|Peter Gill}}
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'''Peter Gill''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (September 1831 – 26 July 1868) was born in St Paul's Parish, [[Dublin]] and was an [[Irish people|Irish]] 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==
Gill was approximately 25 years old, and a [[sergeant-major]] in the [[15th Ludhiana Sikhs|Loodiana Regiment]], during the [[Indian Mutiny]] on 4 June 1857 at [[Benares]], [[India]] when he (and Sergeant-Major [[Matthew Rosamund]]) were awarded the Victoria Cross for the following deeds:
{{quote|This Non-Commissioned Officer also conducted himself with gallantry at Benares, on the night of the 4th of June, 1857. He volunteered, with Serjeant-Major Rosamond, of the 37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to bring in Captain Brown, Pension Paymaster, and his family, from a detached Bungalow to the Barracks, as above recorded, and saved the life of the Quartermaster-Sergeant of the 25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, in the early part of the evening, by cutting off the head of the Sepoy who had just bayonetted him. Serjeant-Major Gill states, that on the same night he faced a Guard of 27 men, with only a Serjeant's sword; and it is also represented that he twice saved the life of Major Barrett, 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, when attacked by Sepoys.}}<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22176|page=3903|date=24 August 1858}}</ref>

Gill later achieved the rank of [[lieutenant]]. He was killed in action, Morar, [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India, on 26 July 1868.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
'''Listed in order of publication year '''
*''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (1981, 1988 and 1997)
*{{cite journal|first=Brian D. H.|last=Clarke|title=A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men|journal=[[The Irish Sword]]|volume=XVI |issue=64|pages=185–287|year=1986}}
*''[[Ireland's VCs]]'' {{ISBN|1-899243-00-3}} (Dept of Economic Development 1995)
*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
*''[[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross]]'' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

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[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:British East India Company Army soldiers]]
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