VC Details
He was 23 years old, and a Second Lieutenant in the Bengal Horse Artillery, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place at the siege of Delhi on 9 July 1857 for which he and Henry Tombs were awarded the Victoria Cross:
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Tombs, C.B., and Lieutenant James Hills
Date of Act of Bravery, 9 July 1857
For very gallant conduct on the part of Lieutenant Hills before Delhi, in defending the position assigned to him in case of alarm, and for noble behaviour on the part of Lieutenant-Colonel Tombs in twice coming to his subaltern's rescue, and on each occasion killing his man. (See despatch of Lieutenant-Colonel Mackenzie, Commanding 1st Brigade Horse Artillery, dated Camp, near Delhi, 10 July 1857, published in the Supplement to the London Gazette of the 16th January, 1858.)
He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant General serving with the Royal Artillery.
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