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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Samuel McGaw</div><br /><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;display:inline-block;">VC</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_McGaw_VC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Samuel_McGaw_VC.jpg/220px-Samuel_McGaw_VC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="392" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Samuel_McGaw_VC.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="534" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1838<br /><a href="/wiki/Kirkmichael,_South_Ayrshire" title="Kirkmichael, South Ayrshire">Kirkmichael</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayrshire" title="Ayrshire">Ayrshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">22 July 1878<br /><a href="/wiki/Larnaca" title="Larnaca">Larnaca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Buried</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label">British Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Kyrenia" title="Kyrenia">Kyrenia</a>, Cyprus</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg/30px-UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg/45px-UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg/60px-UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samuel McGaw</b> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VC</a> (1838 – 22 July 1878) was a <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scottish</a> recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry that can be awarded to <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> forces. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Details">Details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_McGaw&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McGaw was about 36 years old, and a <a href="/wiki/Lance-sergeant" class="mw-redirect" title="Lance-sergeant">lance-sergeant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Regiment_of_Foot" title="42nd Regiment of Foot">42nd Regiment of Foot</a> (later The <a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch</a> Royal Highlanders), <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/First_Ashanti_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="First Ashanti Expedition">First Ashanti Expedition</a> when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. </p><p>On 21 January 1874 at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Amoaful" title="Battle of Amoaful">Battle of Amoaful</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Region" title="Ashanti Region">Ashanti</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>), Lance-Sergeant McGaw led his section through the bush in a most excellent manner and continued to do so throughout the day, although badly wounded early in the engagement.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_information">Further information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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He is now buried in The Old British Cemetery in Kyrenia, North Cyprus.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_medal">The medal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_McGaw&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The medal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samuel McGaw's <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> is on public display in the Lord Ashcroft VC Gallery at the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum" title="Imperial War Museum">Imperial War Museum</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-VC.org_4-0" class="reference"><a 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