Short-frogged jacket worn by Captain John Grant Malcolmson, VC, 3 Bombay Light Cavalry, 1860 circa...

Short-frogged jacket worn by Captain John Grant Malcolmson, VC, 3 Bombay Light Cavalry, 1860 circa. From a collection of uniform and equipment associated with Captain John Grant Malcolmson. John Grant Malcolmson earned the Victoria Cross (VC) in 1857 for his actions at the Battle of Koosh-ab during the Persian War of 1856-57. During the Battle, the 3rd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry, in which Malcolmson was serving as a Lieutenant, charged and broke a square of well-trained Persian infantry. Malcolmson can be seen wearing this jacket in a full-length portrait painted by Louis William Desanges, in the collection of the National Army Museum.