Dr. Victoria Cross

Firing Into the Brown

by Donald Featherstone

Dr. Holme won the V.C. during the Indian Mutiny, dividing his duties between caring for the wounded and, when beleaugered in a blazing house, holding off the rebels with his pistol. He served in many campaigns, to later become Surgeon-General.


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