What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: William Fraser McDonell VC Bengal Civil Service 1829-1894 born in this house on 17 December 1829 died here on 31 July 1894. For great coolness and bravery at Arrah on 30 July 1857 during the Indian Mutiny Recorded plaque organisation: Cheltenham Civic Society.
William Fraser McDonell VC was a member of the Bengal Civil Service who received the Victoria Cross for his exceptional bravery in defending European civilians under siege by rebel forces at Arrah during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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