"Victoria Cross Winners of the Indian Mutiny 1857 - 1858" Portrait of Private Patrick Carlin VC, a veteran of the Indian Mutiny. Private Carlin served in the 1st Battalion, 13th Regiment (later The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), British Army during the period of the Indian Mutiny. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, aged 26 for the following action: "On 6 April 1858 at Azumgurh, India, Private Carlin rescued from the field of battle a wounded naik of the 4th Madras Rifles, after killing with the naik's sword a mutineer sepoy who fired on him while he was carrying his wounded comrade on his shoulders"