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To see the right moment and to seize it, to balance the profit and loss, counting one's own life as a feather in the scales, to strike hard and bold whatever the odds,—such are a few simple soldier lessons

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Captain Jotham is Shot Dead in Attempting to Rescue one of his Men.

During operations against the Khostwal tribesmen, Captain Eustace Jotham, of the 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), and a small party of about twelve of the North Waziristan Militia were attacked in a steep narrow valley at Spina Khaisora (Tochi Valley, Northwest Frontier Province of India) on January 7th 1915. Being almost surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen, he gave the order to retire. But on seeing that one of his men had lost his horse, Captain Jotham turned back to try and rescue him. He was most unfortunately shot, but his gallant deed was posthumously rewarded with the V.C.