Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cubitt, William George

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CUBITT, WILLIAM GEORGE (1835–1903)

Colonel : son of Major W. Cubitt of the Bengal Army: educated at Laleham : joined the 13th Bengal N.I., 1853 : served in the Sonthal campaign, 1855 : in the Dafla expedition, 1874–5 : Afghan war, 1878–80 : Akha expedition, 1883–4 : Burmese expedition, 1886–7 : in the mutiny won the Victoria Cross at Chinhut on June 30, 1857, for saving the lives of three men at the risk of his own : in the defence of the Residency at Lucknow : wounded : D.S.O. for his services in Burma : retired 1892 : died Jan. 25, 1903.