Guy Boisragon

File:The Hunza-Nagar Expedition, the Fighting at Nilt - The Graphic 1892.jpg

Fighting at the Nilt Fort where Boisragon won his VC

File:Boisragon grave at Kensal Green Cemetery, February 2024.jpg

Boisragon's grave at Kensal Green Cemetery in 2024

Brigadier Guy Hudleston Boisragon VC (5 November 1864 – 14 July 1931) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Template:Citation needed

Boisragon was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps, British Indian Army, and 5th Gurkha Rifles during the Hunza-Nagar Campaign, India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.Template:Citation needed

On 2 December 1891 during the attack on Nilt Fort, India, Lieutenant Boisragon led the assault, forcing his way through difficult obstacles to the inner gate, when he returned for reinforcements, moving fearlessly to and fro under heavy cross-fire until he had collected sufficient men to drive the enemy from the fort.<ref name=LG1>Template:London Gazette</ref>

He later achieved the rank of brigadier.

Medal entitlement

Brigadier Guy Hudleston Boisragon is entitled to the following medals

File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg File:India General Service Medal 1854 BAR.svg File:India Medal BAR.svg File:1914 Star BAR.svg
File:British War Medal BAR.svg File:Victory Medal MID ribbon bar.svg File:EGY Order of the Nile - Officer BAR.png File:King George V Coronation Medal ribbon.svg

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Ribbon	Description	Notes
File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg	Victoria Cross (VC)	1892 <ref name="LG1" />
File:India General Service Medal 1854 BAR.svg	India General Service Medal (1854)	5 Clasps - Hazara 1888 Hazara 1891 Samana 1891 Hunza 1891 Waziristan 1894–95
File:India Medal BAR.svg	India Medal	3 Clasps - Punjab Frontier 1897–98 Samana 1897 Tirah 1897–98
File:1914 Star BAR.svg	1914-15 Star
File:British War Medal BAR.svg	British War Medal
File:Victory Medal MID ribbon bar.svg	World War I Victory Medal	Mentioned in dispatches
File:EGY Order of the Nile - Officer BAR.png	Order of the Nile	Egypt – 4th Class
File:King George V Coronation Medal ribbon.svg	King George V Coronation Medal	1911

See also

• List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross

External links

• Location of grave and VC medal (Kensal Green Cemetery)
• Template:Lives of WWI