   major general william john vousden vc cb (20 september 1848 &ndash; 12 november 1902) 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. ==military career== vousden was born in perth, scotland and trained at the royal military college, sandhurst. he was 34 years old, and a captain in the 5th punjab cavalry, bengal staff corps, and british indian army during the second afghan war when the following deed took place on 14 december 1879 on the koh asmai heights, near kabul, afghanistan, for which he was awarded the victoria cross:  he continued to serve in the 5th punjab cavalry, was mentioned in despatches 8 june 1891 and 26 january 1898, promoted to brevet colonel in july 1894 and substantive colonel of the indian staff corps in january 1899. in april 1901 he took a command in the punjab frontier force with the temporary rank of [[brigadier general (united kingd
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