A World War I Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. Captain Eustace Jotham, VC, 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), Indian Army. He was the son of Frederick Charles and Mary C A Jotham, of Millington Road, Cambridge. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant on 22 Apr 1903. Transferred to the Indian Army on 28 Jun 1905. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 22 Jul 1905 and to Captain on 22 Apr 1912. During operations against Khostwal tribesmen at North Waziristan, Pakistan, on January 7, 1915, Captain Jotham, was commanding a squad of men when attacked. Surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen, he gave the order to retire. He could have himself escaped, but sacrificed his life attempting to rescue one of his men who had lost his horse. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross Medal [London Gazette 23 Jul 1915].
He is also commemorated on the India Gate Memorial, New Delhi, Delhi Capital Territory, India.
Cenotaph here
and on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
He is also commemorated on the India Gate Memorial, New Delhi, Delhi Capital Territory, India.
Cenotaph here
and on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
A World War I Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. Captain Eustace Jotham, VC, 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), Indian Army. He was the son of Frederick Charles and Mary C A Jotham, of Millington Road, Cambridge. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant on 22 Apr 1903. Transferred to the Indian Army on 28 Jun 1905. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 22 Jul 1905 and to Captain on 22 Apr 1912. During operations against Khostwal tribesmen at North Waziristan, Pakistan, on January 7, 1915, Captain Jotham, was commanding a squad of men when attacked. Surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen, he gave the order to retire. He could have himself escaped, but sacrificed his life attempting to rescue one of his men who had lost his horse. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross Medal [London Gazette 23 Jul 1915].
He is also commemorated on the India Gate Memorial, New Delhi, Delhi Capital Territory, India.
Cenotaph here
and on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
He is also commemorated on the India Gate Memorial, New Delhi, Delhi Capital Territory, India.
Cenotaph here
and on a memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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