William John Vousden
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'''William John Vousden''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] [[Order of the Bath|CB]] ([[20 September]], [[1848]] - [[12 November]], [[1902]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] 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.
Vousden was born in [[Perth, Scotland]] and trained at [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]]. He was 34 years old, and a [[captain]] in the 5th Punjab Cavalry, Bengal Staff Corps, and [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Second Afghan War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
On [[14 December]] [[1879]] on the Koh Asmai Heights, near [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], Captain Vousden charged with a small party into the centre of the line of the retreating [[Kohistan]]i Force, by whom they were greatly outnumbered. After rapidly charging through and through the enemy backwards and forwards several times, Captain Vousden and his party swept off round the opposite side of the village and joined the rest of the troops.
He later achieved the rank of [[major general]] and served as Inspector General of Cavalry in India.
He died of [[dysentery]] at the age of 54.
==References==
*[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999)
*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997)
*[[Scotland's Forgotten Valour]] (Graham Ross, 1995)
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