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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name= Robert Kells<br />
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|VC|RVM}}<br />
|birth_date=7 April 1832<br />
|death_date= 14 April 1905<br />
|birth_place= [[Meerut]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_place=[[Lambeth]], [[London]]<br />
|placeofburial=[[Lambeth Cemetery]]<br />
|image= Robert Kells VC.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|nickname=<br />
|allegiance= {{UK}}<br />
|serviceyears=<br />
|rank=[[Sergeant]]<br />
|branch=[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]<br />
|commands= <br />
|unit=[[9th Lancers]]<br>1st Bengal European Light Cavalry<br>[[19th Hussars]]<br />
|battles=[[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]<br>[[Indian Mutiny]]<br />
|awards= [[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]<br />
|laterwork=[[Yeoman of the Guard]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Robert Kells''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|VC|RVM}} (7 April 1832 – 14 April 1905) was a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]].<br />
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==Details==<br />
Kells was born in India on 7 April 1832 in [[Meerut]].<ref name="vc">[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/lonsouth.htm Grave locations of holders of the Victoria Cross] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041221015506/http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/lonsouth.htm |date=21 December 2004 }}, accessed July 2011</ref> When 25 years old, and a [[lance-corporal]] in the [[9th Queen's Royal Lancers|9th Lancers (The Queen's Royal)]], [[British Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 28 September 1857 at [[Bolandshahr]], [[India]] for which he was awarded the VC:<br />
{{quote|For conspicuous bravery at Bolundshahur, on the 28th of September, 1857, in defending against a number of the enemy his commanding officer, Captain Drysdale, who was lying in a street with his collar-bone broken, his horse having been disabled by a shot, and remaining with him until out of danger.<br />
Despatch from Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, K.C.B., dated 8th April, 1858.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22212|page=5517|date=24 December 1858}}</ref>}}<br />
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==Further information==<br />
He later joined the 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry (renamed the [[19th Hussars]] in 1862) and achieved the rank of [[sergeant]]. He retired in 1868 and was appointed a Yeoman of the Queen's (Queen Victoria) Bodyguard on 1 January 1881.<ref name="Yeomen">{{cite web | url=http://yeomenoftheguard.com/yeomenbiogs.htm | title=Yeomen of the Guard biographies | access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref><ref>Letter from St. James' Palace, London, headquarters of the Guard</ref> In June 1901 he received the [[Royal Victorian Medal]] from [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]] during an inspection of the Yeomen.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular |date=26 June 1901 |page=12 |issue=36491}}</ref><br />
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Kells died on 14 April 1905 and he is buried in Lambeth cemetery in South London.<ref name="vc"/><br />
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His ''Victoria Cross'' medal is one of four of his on display at the regimental museum of the [[9th/12th Lancers]] in [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery]].<ref>[http://www.derby.gov.uk/LeisureCulture/MuseumsGalleries/MilitarytreasureMedalGroup.htm Medal Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024140622/http://www.derby.gov.uk/LeisureCulture/MuseumsGalleries/MilitarytreasureMedalGroup.htm |date=24 October 2008 }}, Treasures of Derby, Derby.gov.uk, accessed July 2011</ref> These medals sold at auction in 2006 for 130,000 pounds.<ref>[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbkells.htm News Item] "Robert Kells' Victoria Cross sold at auction", accessed July 2011</ref><br />
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