Malcolmson was 21 years old, and a
lieutenant in the
3rd Bombay Light Cavalry,
Indian Army during the
Persian War when the following deed took place for which he and
Arthur Thomas Moore were awarded the VC. The following year, he took part in the
Central Indian campaign of 1858 during the
Indian Rebellion. (the order was gazetted after his death). He died, suddenly, at Bramham Gardens, London, on 14 August 1902. His Victoria Cross is held by the
National Army Museum in Chelsea. ==See also==