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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name= Guy Hudleston Boisragon<br />
|birth_date=5 November 1864<br />
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1931|07|14|1864|11|05}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Kohat]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_place=[[Biarritz]], [[France]]<br />
|placeofburial=[[Kensal Green Cemetery]]<br />
|image= <br />
|caption=<br />
|nickname=<br />
|allegiance= {{UK}}<br />
|serviceyears=<br />
|rank=[[Brigadier]]<br />
|branch=[[British Indian Army]]<br />
|commands= <br />
|unit=[[5 Gorkha Rifles]]<br />
|battles=[[Hunza-Naga Campaign]]<br />[[Tirah Campaign]]<br />[[World War I]]<br />
|awards= [[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]<br />
|laterwork=<br />
|relations= [[Alan Maxwell Boisragon]] (first cousin)<br />
}}<br />
[[Brigadier]] '''Guy Hudleston Boisragon''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (5 November 1864 – 14 July 1931) was a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}}<br />
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Boisragon was 27 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[Indian Staff Corps]], [[British Indian Army]], and [[5 Gorkha Rifles|5th Gurkha Rifles]] during the [[Hunza-Naga Campaign]], [[India]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}}<br />
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On 2 December 1891 during the attack on [[Nilt Fort]], [[India]], Lieutenant Boisragon led the assault, forcing his way through difficult obstacles to the inner gate, when he returned for reinforcements, moving fearlessly to and fro under heavy cross-fire until he had collected sufficient men to drive the enemy from the fort.<ref name=LG1>{{London Gazette|issue=26306|page=4006|date=12 July 1892}}</ref><br />
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He later achieved the rank of [[brigadier]].<br />
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== Medal entitlement ==<br />
Brigadier Guy Hudleston Boisragon is entitled to the following medals<br />
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{{center|<br />
[[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|100px]]<br />
[[File:India General Service Medal 1854 BAR.svg|100px]]<br />
[[File:India Medal BAR.svg|100px]]<br />
[[File:1914 Star BAR.svg|100px]]<br />
<br /><br />
[[File:British War Medal BAR.svg|100px]]<br />
[[File:Victory Medal MID ribbon bar.svg|100px]]<br />
[[File:EGY Order of the Nile - Officer BAR.png|100px]]<br />
[[File:King George V Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|100px]]<br />
}}<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="silver" align="center"<br />
|Ribbon || Description || Notes<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|40px]] || [[Victoria Cross]] (VC) || 1892 <ref name="LG1" /><br />
|-<br />
|[[File:India General Service Medal 1854 BAR.svg|40px]] || [[India General Service Medal (1854)]] || 5 Clasps -<br />
*Hazara 1888<br />
*Hazara 1891<br />
*Samana 1891<br />
*Hunza 1891<br />
*Waziristan 1894–95<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:India Medal BAR.svg|40px]] || [[India Medal]] || 3 Clasps -<br />
*Punjab Frontier 1897–98<br />
*Samana 1897<br />
*Tirah 1897–98<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:1914 Star BAR.svg|40px]] || [[1914-15 Star]] ||<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:British War Medal BAR.svg|40px]] || [[British War Medal]] ||<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Victory Medal MID ribbon bar.svg|40px]] || [[Victory Medal (United Kingdom)|World War I Victory Medal]] || [[Mentioned in dispatches]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:EGY Order of the Nile - Officer BAR.png|40px]] || [[Order of the Nile]] || Egypt – 4th Class<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:King George V Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] || [[King George V Coronation Medal]] || 1911<br />
|}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141011/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/kensalgr.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Kensal Green Cemetery)''<br />
*{{Lives of WWI | id= 398722 | name= Guy Hudelston Boisragon [sic]}}<br />
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[[Category:British recipients of the Victoria Cross]]<br />
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[[Category:People educated at Charterhouse School]]<br />
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[[Category:British military personnel of the Hunza-Naga Campaign]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kohat District]]<br />
[[Category:British military personnel of the Tirah campaign]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Staff Corps officers]]<br />
[[Category:British military personnel of the Hazara Expedition of 1888]]</div>Bot