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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name= John Augustus Wood<br />
|birth_date=10 June 1818<br />
|death_date= 23 January 1878<br />
|birth_place= [[Fort William, Scotland]]<br />
|death_place=[[Poona]], [[British India]]<br />
|placeofburial=St Mary's Churchyard, Poona<br />
|image= Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png<br />
|caption=<br />
|nickname=<br />
|allegiance= {{UK}}<br />
|serviceyears=<br />
|rank=[[Colonel]]<br />
|branch=[[Bombay Army]]<br />
|commands= <br />
|unit=[[20th Bombay Native Infantry]]<br />
|battles=[[Anglo-Persian War]]<br>[[Indian Mutiny]]<br />
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]<br />
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Colonel '''John Augustus Wood''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (10 June 1818 &ndash; 23 January 1878) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] 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.<br />
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==Details==<br />
Wood was 38 years old, and a [[Captain (land and air)|captain]] in the [[Rajputana Rifles|20th Bombay Native Infantry]], [[Bombay Army]] during the [[Anglo-Persian War|Persian War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.<br />
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On 9 December 1856 at [[Bushire]], [[Persian Empire|Persia]], Captain Wood led a Grenadier Company which formed the head of the assaulting column and was the first man on the parapet of the fort, where he was immediately attacked by a large number of the garrison. A volley was fired at Captain Wood and the head of the storming party at very close range but although the captain was hit by seven musket balls he at once threw himself upon the enemy, killing their leader. He was closely followed by the men of his company and speedily overcame all opposition.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=3 August 1860|issue=22409|page=2860}}</ref><br />
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His was the first Victoria Cross to be won in a British Indian regiment and the standard captured that day is still preserved by the battalion.<ref>Mackenzie (1951), p. 131</ref><br />
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==Further information==<br />
He later achieved the rank of [[colonel]]. His VC is held by the 2 [[Rajputana Rifles]] regiment of the [[Indian Army]]. He died on 23 January 1878 aged 59.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Scottish Victoria Cross recipients]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbwoodja.htm VC location]<br />
*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)<br />
*''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (This England, 1997)<br />
*''[[Scotland's Forgotten Valour]]'' (Graham Ross, 1995)<br />
*{{cite book | first=Compton|last=Mackenzie |authorlink=Compton Mackenzie| title=Eastern Epic| publisher=Chatto & Windus, London | year=1951 | page=623 pages}}<br />
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