Charles Craufurd Fraser

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Lt. Gen. Sir Charles Craufurd Fraser VC KCB (31 August 1829 - 7 June 1895) was an English 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 forces.

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He was 29 years old, and a major in the 7th Hussars (The Queen's Own), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 31 December 1858 at the River Raptee, India, Major Fraser volunteered, at great personal risk and under a sharp fire of musketry, to swim to the rescue of a captain and some men who were in imminent danger of being drowned while in pursuit of the rebels. Major Fraser succeeded in this mission, although still partially disabled from a wound received while leading a charge against the enemy some months earlier.

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Later Sir Charles. He later achieved the rank of lieutenant general.

He died in 1895 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.[1]

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