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A Victoria Cross won by an Army officer for his bravery in a war during the era of the British Raj is expected to fetch up to £400,000 when it is sold at auction.
Colonel Charles Grant was a 29-year-old lieutenant with the 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry when he fought in the Anglo-Manipur War in 1891.
The month-long conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Manipur - on the North East Frontier of India - saw Grant earn the nickname the 'Hero of Manipur' for his bravery.
The Scots-born soldier led his men during the Battle of Thoubal where just 80 troops fought off wave after wave of attack, facing down an estimated 2,000 enemy soldiers.
Grant retired from the Army as a colonel and spent his later years in Sidmouth, Devon, where he died in 1932, aged 71.
Colonel Charles Grant was a 29-year-old lieutenant with the 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry when he fought in the Anglo-Manipur War in 1891. The Victoria Cross which he won for his bravery in the conflict is set to fetch up to £400,000 when it is sold at auction
The Victoria Cross group of medals is to be sold by London auction house Dix Noonan Webb on June 23 on behalf of a collector.
Also being sold with the medal is an archive of historical importance, including Grant's unpublished leather bound Officer's Field Note, Sketch Book and Reconnaissance Aide-Memoire.
In the latter, he meticulously records the march to Manipur and the capture and subsequent defence of Thoubal and is illustrated by several detailed
