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James Dundas
James Dundas VC (12 September 1842 – 23 December 1879) was a 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 British and Commonwealth forces.
==Details==
Dundas was 22 years old, and a lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, Indian Army during the Bhutan War when the following deed took place on 30 April 1865 at Dewan-Giri, Bhutan for which he was awarded the VC in a joint citation with Major William Spottiswoode Trevor:
He later achieved the rank of captain in the Royal Engineers and was killed in action, Sherpur, Afghanistan, on 23 December 1879. In March 1877, he had inherited the family estate of Ochtertyre, near Stirling in Scotland, from his uncle Sir David Dundas MP. James Dundas died unmarried, and on his death the estate passed to his twin brother Colin Mackenzie Dundas.
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