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	In April 1901 he took a command in the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier#Punjab Frontier Force\|Punjab Frontier Force]] with the temporary rank of [[Brigadier general (United Kingdom)\|brigadier-general]],<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27335 \|date=19 July 1901 \|page=4782}}</ref> and shortly thereafter he was granted the local rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)\|major general]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27308 \|date=26 April 1901 \|page=2860}}</ref>		In April 1901 he took a command in the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier#Punjab Frontier Force\|Punjab Frontier Force]] with the temporary rank of [[Brigadier general (United Kingdom)\|brigadier-general]],<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27335 \|date=19 July 1901 \|page=4782}}</ref> and shortly thereafter he was granted the local rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)\|major general]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27308 \|date=26 April 1901 \|page=2860}}</ref>

	He was appointed to act as [[Inspector General]] of Cavalry in India from October 1901, in the absence in South Africa of Colonel [[Edward Locke Elliot]],<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27469 \|date=29 August 1902 \|page=5611}}</ref> and received the temporary rank of major general while officiating as such.<ref>{{ London Gazette \| issue = 27377 \|page=7397 \| date = 15 November 1901 }}</ref> Following the end of the war in South Africa, Elliott returned in late 1902, and Vousden stepped down.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|~~articlename~~=Naval & Military intelligence~~\|day_of_week=Tuesday~~ \|date=14 October 1902 \|~~page_number~~=7 \|issue=36898\| }}</ref>		He was appointed to act as [[Inspector General]] of Cavalry in India from October 1901, in the absence in South Africa of Colonel [[Edward Locke Elliot]],<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27469 \|date=29 August 1902 \|page=5611}}</ref> and received the temporary rank of major general while officiating as such.<ref>{{ London Gazette \| issue = 27377 \|page=7397 \| date = 15 November 1901 }}</ref> Following the end of the war in South Africa, Elliott returned in late 1902, and Vousden stepped down.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|title=Naval & Military intelligence\|date=14 October 1902 \|page=7 \|issue=36898}}</ref>

	He died in India of [[dysentery]] later the same year, on 12 November 1902 at the age of 54.<ref name=TTobit>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|~~articlename~~=Obituary - Major-General William John Vousden~~\|day_of_week=Friday~~ \|date=21 November 1902 \|~~page_number~~=8 \|issue=36931\| }}</ref>		He died in India of [[dysentery]] later the same year, on 12 November 1902 at the age of 54.<ref name=TTobit>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|title=Obituary - Major-General William John Vousden\|date=21 November 1902 \|page=8 \|issue=36931}}</ref>

	==Family==		==Family==

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{{short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
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|placeofburial=Lahore Cemetery, [[Pakistan]]
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[[Major-General]] '''William John Vousden''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|VC|CB}} (20 September 1848 – 12 November 1902) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] officer in the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]], and 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.

==Military career==

Vousden was born in [[Perth, Scotland]] the son of Captain Vousden, and was educated at [[Kings School Canterbury]].<ref name=TTobit />

He trained at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], and was commissioned into the [[35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot]] in 1864. Promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in 1867, and to [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] in 1876, he transferred to the [[5th Punjab Cavalry]] where he served in the [[Jowaki Expedition]] 1877–78.<ref name=TTobit />

===Victoria cross===
He was 34 years old, and a captain in the 5th Punjab Cavalry, during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] when the following deed took place on 14 December 1879 on the Koh Asmai Heights, near [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross:
{{quote|For the exceptional gallantry displayed by him on the 14th December, 1879, on the Koh Asmai Heights, near Kabul, in charging, with a small party, into the centre of the line of the retreating Kohistani force, by whom they were greatly outnumbered, and who did their utmost to close round them. After rapidly charging through and through the enemy, backwards and forwards, several times, they swept off round the opposite side of the village and joined the rest of the Troop.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25027|page=5140|date=18 October 1881}}</ref>}}

===Further military service===
He continued to serve in the 5th Punjab Cavalry, was promoted to [[Major (British Army and Royal Marines)|major]] in 1884, and took part in further fighting on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North-West Frontier]] region, for which he was [[mentioned in despatches]] on 8 June 1891 and 26 January 1898.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26201 |date=15 September 1891 |page=4888}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26954 |date=5 April 1898 |page=2182}}</ref> He was promoted to the [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in July 1894<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26591 |date=22 January 1895 |page=416}}</ref> and the substantive rank of Colonel of the [[Indian Staff Corps]] in January 1899.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27066 |date=28 March 1899 |page=2082}}</ref> He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB) in 1900.

In April 1901 he took a command in the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier#Punjab Frontier Force|Punjab Frontier Force]] with the temporary rank of [[Brigadier general (United Kingdom)|brigadier-general]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27335 |date=19 July 1901 |page=4782}}</ref> and shortly thereafter he was granted the local rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major general]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27308 |date=26 April 1901 |page=2860}}</ref>

He was appointed to act as [[Inspector General]] of Cavalry in India from October 1901, in the absence in South Africa of Colonel [[Edward Locke Elliot]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27469 |date=29 August 1902 |page=5611}}</ref> and received the temporary rank of major general while officiating as such.<ref>{{ London Gazette | issue = 27377 |page=7397 | date = 15 November 1901 }}</ref> Following the end of the war in South Africa, Elliott returned in late 1902, and Vousden stepped down.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence|day_of_week=Tuesday |date=14 October 1902 |page_number=7 |issue=36898| }}</ref>

He died in India of [[dysentery]] later the same year, on 12 November 1902 at the age of 54.<ref name=TTobit>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Obituary - Major-General William John Vousden|day_of_week=Friday |date=21 November 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36931| }}</ref>

==Family==
Vousden married, in 1891, a daughter of Major-General Drummond.<ref name=TTobit />

==References==
;Notes
{{reflist}}
;Sources
*[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999)
*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997)
*[[Scotland's Forgotten Valour]] (Graham Ross, 1995)

==External links==
* [http://www.victoriacross.co.uk/descrip_v.html Biography]

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