Education
University of Edinburgh.
University of Edinburgh.
Bengal Engineers, Lieutenant John James M"Leod Innes
Date of Acting of Bravery, 23rd February, 1858
Retiring from this, they rallied round another gun further back, from which the shot would, in another instant) have ploughed through our advancing columns, when Lieutenant Innes rode up, unsupported, shot the gunner who was about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post, the mark for a hundred matchlock men, who were sheltered in some adjoining huts, kept the Artillerymen at bay, until assistance reached him. (Letter from Major-General Thomas Harte Franks, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, of 12th March, 1858)
He also Mentioned in Despatches three times for his work in the Mutiny. After he retired he wrote several books
Born in British India to Scottish parents Innes was educated privately, at Edinburgh University and Addiscombe where he was awarded the Pollock Medal and was commissioned into the Bengal Engineers in 1848. Innes was 28 years old, and a lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny on 23 February 1858 at Sultanpore, India, where he was awarded Victoria Cross for the following deed: He later joined the Royal Engineers and achieved the rank of lieutenant general. His Victoria Cross is displayed in the Royal Engineers Museum at Chatham, England.
