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★Victoria Cross

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Dighton Probyn — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score9507th out of 4480

Number of Medals23

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score984213 of 4480

Indian Army#1of 82

Infantry#3of 1502

Indian Mutiny#1of 214

Second Anglo-Chinese War#1of 16

Umbeyla Campaign#1of 11

Dighton Probyn

General, Indian Army

Indian MutinySecond Anglo-Chinese WarUmbeyla Campaign

Awards & Decorations

Victoria Cross
Order of the Bath
Order of the Star of India Grand Knight Commander
Royal Victorian Order Knight Grand Cross
Imperial Service Order
India General Service Medal 1854-1895
Order of the Tower and Sword
Order of the Redeemer Grand Cross
Indian Mutiny Medal (4)
China War Medal 1857-60 (2)
Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal
King George V Coronation Medal
King Edward VII Coronation Medal
Prince of Wales's Visit to India Medal 1875–76
Order of Philip the Magnanimous
Order of the Red Eagle
Royal Order of Kalākaua
Order of St Anna
Order of Osmanieh — (Ottoman Empire)

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Biography

General Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn, was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Score Breakdown

Victoria Cross(base 100)

+100

Prince of Wales's Visit to India Medal 1875–76(base 25)

+25

Order of the Red Eagle(base 90)

+90

Royal Order of Kalākaua(base 85)

+85

Order of St Anna(base 85)

+85

Order of Osmanieh — (Ottoman Empire)(base 90)

+90

Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×2 (6 medal types))

+475

Heroic Score950 pts