Career
He was 21 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, 60th Rifles (later The King"s Royal Rifle Corps), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 6 May 1858 at Bareilly, India for which he was awarded the Venture capital as recorded in the London Gazette:
Foreign conspicuous bravery at Bareilly, on the 6th of May, 1858, when in a Serai, he was attacked by three Ghazees, one of whom he cut down. He was wounded twice on this occasion. Bambrick was one of eight men whose VCs were forfeited.
He was stripped of the medal on 4 September 1861 after being convicted of assault and theft of a comrade"s medals.
He committed suicide in Pentonville Prison, London on 1 April 1864. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Street Pancras and Islington Cemetery which could not be located, but a memorial plaque to him was placed in 2002.
