"Victoria Cross Winners of the Indian Mutiny 1857 - 1858" Portrait of Lt Charles George Baker VC, a veteran of the Indian Mutiny. Lt Baker served in the Bengal Police Battalion, Indian Army during the Indian Mutiny. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, aged 27, for the following action: "On 27 September 1858 at Suhejnee, near Peroo, Bengal, Lieutenant Baker was in command of a mixed party of cavalry and mounted police (about 120 strong) which attacked and put to flight a force of about 100 rebels. The whole operation, brilliantly conceived and most gallantly carried out, resulted in the utter defeat of the enemy."