He personally killed 11 people in hand-to-hand combat during the attack. Afterwards he casually stated "it only took me twenty minutes". He was promoted to Captain a few months later on 16 August 1858. Queen Victoria agreed the award on 24 December and he received the Victoria Cross on the parade ground at Umbeyla from Major General Robert Garrett on 6 February 1859. Further information He held every rank from private to major general, and never left the 93rd Regiment, including becoming the Commanding Officer (Colonel in Chief) of the 93rd Regimnent on 29 October 1873 in place of Colonel Burroughs CB. He died at Shooter's Hill in London on 22 June 1878 but was buried with his wife, Victoria Beveridge (d.1871) and infant son, Henry Gordon Victor McBean, in Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh. His wife died a few days after giving birth and the son died a few weeks after. The grave lies to the east side of the eastern path, just south of its midpoint. The medal His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum in Stirling Castle, Scotland. References Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995) External links Courier British Army Location of grave and VC medal (Edinburgh) History of Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Military personnel from Inverness British recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army generals 1819 births 1878 deaths Scottish military personnel Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army personnel of the Crimean War Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers 93rd Regiment of Foot officers Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross