Brigadier General James Blair VC

Born in 1828, he joined the Army at 16. He served in the Bombay Cavalry, becoming a Captain in 1857 and a Colonel in 1873. He was in India during the Mutiny and was awarded a VC for outstanding acts of bravery at Neemuch and Jeerum. As a brigadier General he was resident in Aden from 1882-85. He went onto the retired list in 1889, although he was not promoted to full general until 1894. He died in 1905.