"Victoria Cross Winners of the Indian Mutiny 1857 - 1858" Portrait of Sergeant Joseph Charles Brennan VC, a veteran of the Indian Mutiny. Bombardier Brennan served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army during the Indian Mutiny. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, aged 39 for the following action: "On 3 April 1858 at Jhansi, India, during the assault on the Fort, Bombardier Brennan brought up two guns manned by natives, laying each under a very heavy fire from the walls, and directing them so accurately as to compel the enemy to abandon his battery."