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	\|branch= [[Bengal Army]]<br/>[[British Indian Army]]		\|branch= [[Bengal Army]]<br/>[[British Indian Army]]
	\|serviceyears= ~~1853–1891~~		\|serviceyears= 1853–1892
	\|rank= [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|Colonel]]		\|rank= [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|Colonel]]
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	\|battles= [[Santhal rebellion]]<br/>[[Indian Mutiny]]<br/>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]<br/>[[Third Anglo-Burmese War]]		\|battles= [[Santhal rebellion]]<br/>[[Indian Mutiny]]<br/>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]<br/>[[Akha Expedition]]<br/>[[Third Anglo-Burmese War]]
	\|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br/>[[Mentioned in Despatches]] (2)		\|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br/>[[Mentioned in Despatches]] (2)
	\|relations= [[James Hills-Johnes\|Sir James Hills-Johnes]] VC (brother-in-law)<br/>[[Lewis Pugh Evans]] VC (nephew)		\|relations= [[James Hills-Johnes\|Sir James Hills-Johnes]] VC (brother-in-law)<br/>[[Lewis Pugh Evans]] VC (nephew)
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	[[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|Colonel]] '''William George Cubitt''', {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|VC\|DSO}} (19 October 1835 – 25 ~~June~~ 1903) was a senior officer in the [[British Indian Army]] and a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.		[[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|Colonel]] '''William George Cubitt''', {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|VC\|DSO}} (19 October 1835 – 25 January 1903) was a senior officer in the [[British Indian Army]] and a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations\|Commonwealth]] forces.

	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Cubitt was ~~21 years old~~, ~~and a~~ [[~~lieutenant~~]] in the [[13th Bengal Native Infantry]], [[Bengal Army]] ~~during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.~~		Cubitt was born in Calcutta, the son of an [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]] officer. After an education in England, Cubitt entered the Indian Army as an [[Ensign (rank)\|ensign]] in the [[13th Bengal Native Infantry]], [[Bengal Army]], on 26 July 1853.<ref name=odnb>{{cite web\|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32657 \|title=Cubitt, William George\|last1=Vibart \|first1=H.M. \|last2=Lunt \|first2=James\|year=2004 \|publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|access-date=10 September 2021\|isbn=019861411X}}</ref>
	~~{{quote\|For having on the retreat from Chinhut~~, on ~~the 30th of June, 1857, saved the lives of three men of the 32nd Regiment, at the risk of his own~~.<ref>{{~~London Gazette~~\|~~issue~~=~~22278~~\|\|~~page~~=~~2420~~\|date=~~21 June 1859~~}}</ref>}}

	Cubitt was ~~also~~ awarded the [[~~Distinguished Service Order~~]] ~~for~~ his ~~service~~ during the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]]. He later ~~achieved~~ the ~~rank of~~ [[~~colonel~~]].		Cubitt was 21 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[13th Bengal Native Infantry]] when, during the [[Indian Mutiny]], the following deed took place at the [[siege of Lucknow]], for which he was awarded the VC.
			{{quote\|For having on the retreat from [[Battle of Chinhat\|Chinhut]], on the 30th of June, 1857, saved the lives of three men of the 32nd Regiment, at the risk of his own.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=22278\|\|page=2420\|date=21 June 1859}}</ref>}}

			After the Indian Mutiny, Cubitt continued to serve with the Indian Army and, in 1880, was with the [[Khyber Pass\|Khyber]] line force during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]. Promoted [[colonel]] in July 1883,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=25272\|page=4675\|date=25 September 1883}}</ref> he served with the [[Akha Expedition]] in 1883–84, and in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]] in 1886–87,<ref name=odnb/> during which he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO).<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=25761\|page=6374\|date=25 November 1887}}</ref> At the time of his retirement in 1892 he was in command of the 43rd Gurkhas (later the [[8th Gorkha Rifles\|8th Gurkha Rifles]]).<ref name=odnb/>

			His medals, including the VC, are on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vvashim2.htm \| title=Lord Ashcroft VC collection \|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Cubitt died on 25 ~~June~~ 1903, aged 67, and was buried in St. Peter's Churchyard, [[Frimley]], Surrey. ~~He was the brother-in-law of Lieutenant General [[James Hills-Johnes\|Sir James Hills-Johnes]] VC. [[Lewis Pugh Evans]] VC was a nephew.~~		In 1863 Cubitt married Charlotte Isabella Hills, sister of Lieutenant-General Sir [[James Hills-Johnes]] VC. They had three sons and two daughters.<ref name=odnb/>

			On retirement, Cubitt lived in [[Camberley]], Surrey. He died on 25 January 1903, aged 67, and was buried in St. Peter's Churchyard, [[Frimley]], Surrey.<ref name=odnb/>

	==References==		==References==

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[[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] '''William George Cubitt''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|VC|DSO}} (19 October 1835 – 25 June 1903) was a senior officer in the [[British Indian Army]] and a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Military career==
Cubitt was 21 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[13th Bengal Native Infantry]], [[Bengal Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
{{quote|For having on the retreat from Chinhut, on the 30th of June, 1857, saved the lives of three men of the 32nd Regiment, at the risk of his own.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22278||page=2420|date=21 June 1859}}</ref>}}

Cubitt was also awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his service during the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]]. He later achieved the rank of [[colonel]].

==Personal life==
Cubitt died on 25 June 1903, aged 67, and was buried in St. Peter's Churchyard, [[Frimley]], Surrey. He was the brother-in-law of Lieutenant General [[James Hills-Johnes|Sir James Hills-Johnes]] VC. [[Lewis Pugh Evans]] VC was a nephew.

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[[Category:British recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:British East India Company Army officers]]
[[Category:1835 births]]
[[Category:1903 deaths]]
[[Category:People educated at King's College School, London]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Kolkata]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Burmese War]]

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