George Vincent Fosbery VC

On October 30, 1863, acting as a volunteer, he  led a party to recapture the Crag Picquet after its garrison had been driven in by the enemy, resulting in sixty casualties in hand-to-hand combat. Despite the challenging terrain, he advanced with great coolness and intrepidity, being the first to reach the top of the Crag on his side of the attack. After Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes was wounded, Fosbery assembled a party to pursue the routed enemy, inflicting further losses and securing the post.

Extract from The London Gazette

Name:	Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC
Born:	1 Apr 1832; Stert, Devizes, Wiltshire.
Died:	8 May 1907; Bath.
Buried:	St Mary’s Cemetery (Bathwick Cemetery), Bath.
Unit:	4th Bengal (European Regiment)
Date of Action:	30 Oct 1863
Place:	Crag Picket, Ambala Pass, India
Rank:	Lieutenant
Gazetted:	The London Gazette of 7 Jul 1865, Num. 22988, p. 3425
VC No:	311
Presented:	Unknown.
Displayed:	Lord Ashcroft Collection, National Army Museum, Chelsea.
References:	[12]
Connection:	Educated at Eton College. Named on the VC/GC Memorial at Eton College.
Awards:	Victoria Cross India General Service Medal (1854 – 95) 1 clasp
Notes:	In 1885, he patented the Paradox gun produced by the famous gunmaker Holland & Holland. In 1895, he patented a design for a self-cocking revolver, which was taken up by the Webley & Scott Revolver & Arms Company and produced as the Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver.

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