Ensign Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps

  • Batt - 60 Foot
  • Unit - Royal Green Jackets Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth - 28/05/1835
  • Died - 17/09/1857
  • Age - 22
  • Decorations - Victoria Cross

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Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
The London Gazette, October 21st, 1859

MEMORANDUM

Ensign Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps, of the 11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, would have been recommended to Her Majesty for the decoration of the Victoria Cross, had he survived; for many gallant deeds which he performed during the Siege of Delhi, during which he was wounded three times. At the assault of that city, he captured the Water Bastion, with a small party of men; and was finally killed in the streets of Delhi on the 18th of September.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - Indian Mutiny
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Place of death - Delhi
  • Burial Place - Old Delhi Military Cemetery, India
  • Birth Place - Garendon Park

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