Stewart McPherson (VC)

Stewart McPherson

Born	1822 Culross, Fife
Died	7 December 1892 (aged 69–70) Culross
Buried	Culross Abbey Cemetery
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Colour-Sergeant
Unit	78th Highlanders
Battles / wars	Anglo-Persian War Indian Mutiny
Awards	Victoria Cross

Stewart McPherson VC (1819 – 7 December 1892) was a Scottish soldier in India and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth military forces.

Life

Stewart McPherson was born in Culross in 1819, the son of Mungo McPherson and Mary Smith. He left Geddes Public School in the village at 15 and became an apprentice weaver in nearby Dunfermline, but he was soon lured by adventure and foreign travel. In December 1839, he walked to Stirling to join the British Army's 78th Highlanders, which were later known as the Seaforth Highlanders Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's.

He married a Culross girl, Elizabeth Haig, in 1848, and the couple went on to have six children - Stewart, Sarah, Eliza, Robina, Ferguson, and McGregor.

McPherson saw action in Persia, India and Ireland before arriving in Bengal, India. He was approximately 38 years old, and now a colour-sergeant. During his time here, his actions during the Siege of Lucknow in the Indian Mutiny earned him the Victoria Cross. His citation reads:

For daring gallantry in the Lucknow Residency on the 26th September, 1857, in having rescued, at great personal risk, a wounded
Private of his Company, who was lying in a most exposed situation, under a very heavy fire. Colour-Serjeant McPherson was also
distinguished on many occasions by his coolness and gallantry in action.^[1]

McPherson was presented with his award by Queen Victoria in December 1880, at Windsor Castle. Only three weeks after receiving his award, he discharged himself from the army and returned to Scotland, where he was appointed superintendent of the Glasgow Industrial Schools based in Bailieston.

A decade later, the family moved again to Culross where they bought a house in Low Valleyfield. As a reminder of his time in India, it was named Lucknow Villa and it was there that he died, aged 70, in 1892.

Burial

McPherson was laid to rest in his town near Dunfermline. He was buried in the Fife County Cemetery, in the shadow of Culross Abbey, but his grave became overgrown. About 143 years after being awarded the Victoria Cross a local woman, Janis Ellis, showed businessman Alan Johnson the war hero's last resting place and he decided his valour should be recognized in his home village. The Fife Council awarded an £1800 grant from the common good fund to pay for a new Indian granite stone - quarried less than 60 miles from Lucknow. The grave lies to the north-west of the church entrance.

A plaque was also unveiled inside Culross Parish Church at a ceremony which was attended by two of his descendants, Mrs. Lylian Edge and Mr Stuart Lamberton, as well as senior Army personnel.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders, Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

References

^ "No. 22248". The London Gazette. 12 April 1859. p. 1483.

Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)
Scotsman Wed 27 September 2000

External links

Location of grave and VC medal (Fife)

Royal Regiment of Scotland

Battalions

Current	RHF (2 Scots) BW (3 Scots) Hldrs (4 Scots) 52 Lowland (6 Scots) 51 Highland (7 Scots)
Former	RSB (1 Scots) ASH (5 Scots)

Predecessors

1st generation	Royal Scots (1633–2006) 42nd Regiment of Foot ( 1661–1881) Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678–1959) King's Own Scottish Borderers (1689–2006) 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot (1756–1881) 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (1758–1881) 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (1759–1881) 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (1787–1881) 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot (1787–1881) 72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders (1788–1881) Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1793–1961) 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (1793–1881) 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (1794–1881) 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (1799–1881)
2nd generation	Highland Light Infantry (1881–1959) Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (1881–2006) Seaforth Highlanders (1881–1961) Gordon Highlanders (1881–1994) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1881–2006)
3rd generation	Royal Highland Fusiliers (1959–2006) Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) (1961–1994) Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) (1994–2006)

Victoria Cross
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