Tour Scotland photograph of the Stewart McPherson Gravestone in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Stewart McPherson VC, born in Culross in 1819, died 7th December 1892, he 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. 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-Sergjeant McPherson was also distinguished on many occasions by his coolness and gallantry in action.
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