George Stewart (VC)
Videos
William George Drummond Stewart, VC was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Common
The Charge of the 93rd Highlanders, November 1857 by William Skeoch Cumming
An early photograph by Robertson of officers and men of the 93rd Highland Regiment in the Crimea, 1854
The 93rd Highlanders form the immortalised 'Thin Red Line' to repulse Russian Cavalry at the Battle of Balaklava, Crimea 25 Oct 1854, action in which Capt. Stewart was involved, painted by Robert Gibb
The 93rd Highlanders entering the Secunderabagh, Lucknow through a breach in the wall, 16 Nov 1857 during the Indian Mutiny
The Thin Red Line described an episode of the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War. In the incident, around 500 men of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders led by Sir Colin Campbe
George Stewart (VC)
…losses: 1 officer, 54 men). He was also present at the Battle of Balaklava a month later on 25 October, where the 93rd alone formed the now famous 'Thin Red Line' which, unsupported, repulsed the charge of a large body of the enemy's cavalry, and thereby prevented a direct assault on the port of Balaklava. He…
A diorama of the action in the Regimental Museum at Stirling Castle