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Line 3: \|name =Thomas Beech \|born =[[24 January]] 1824 \|died =[[24 August]] 1864 (aged 40) \|rank =Private \|number =~~9887~~ \|battalion =92nd Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders)  attached to –<br>55th Regiment of Foot (Westmorland)<ref name="vc1">[http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/tayside.htm Grave locations for holders of the Victoria Cross in the county of Tayside]</ref> \|action-date =[[5 November]] 1854 \|citation-date=[[24 February]] 1857}} ==Citation== {{quote-left}}For conspicuous gallantry in the Battle of Inkerman when on picket, in attacking several Russians who were plundering Lieutenant-Colonel Carpenter of the 41st ~~Regt.~~Regiment who was lying wounded on the ground. He killed two of the Russians and protected Lieutenant-Colonel Carpenter until the arrival of some of the 41st ~~Regt~~Regiment.{{quote-right}} <ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/21971/pages/660 London Gazette: (Supplement) no.21971, p.660]</ref> ==Notes== Line 18: <references/> [[Category:Recipients of the Victoria Cross ~~Recipients~~]]