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Old 05-08-12, 04:47 PM
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Below is some info on Colonel Roddy's VC & medals taken from Ian Stewart's excellent Victoria Cross site:

Col Roddy's medals are shown as being in the Jersey Museum, St Helier

& att'd a photo of his grave in Mont a l'Abbey cemetery, Jersey.

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Patrick,
RODDY


Rank Private Colonel


Force 1st Bn, King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment Oudh Military Police Cavalry


VC won Boiseux St Marc, France,
16 April 1918 Kuthirga, Indian Mutiny,
27 September 1858


London Gaz 22 May 1918 12 April 1859


Born Blandford Forum, Dorset,
3 November 1898 Elphin, Co Roscommon, Ireland,
17 March 1827


Died 16 September 1970,
Blandford Forum 21 November 1895,
Jersey


Grave Bournemouth Crematorium
St Saviour's Churchyard, St Helier Mont a l'Abbe ( New ) Cemetery, St Helier


Location
of VC Jersey Museum, St Helier Not publicly held


Medal entitlement of:
Colonel Patrick RODDY
Oudh Military Police Cavalry
Victoria Cross
Indian Mutiny Medal ( 1857-58 )
2 clasps:
"Defence of Lucknow" - "Lucknow"
Abyssinian War Medal ( 1867-68 )
Afghanistan Medal ( 1878-80 )
1 clasp:
"Ali Musjid"
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File Type: jpg Roddy grave in Jersey.jpg (81.5 KB, 18 views)
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