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George Richardson VC (1 August 1831 – 28 January 1923) was born in Derrylane, Killeshandra, County Cavan and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was 27 years old, and a private in the 34th Regiment of Foot (later The Border Regiment), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Richardson_(VC) http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/vcgraves.html http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?titl...Gogra_Campaign http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...r&GRid=7033967 http://archive.org/details/bookofvictoriacr00stewuoft |
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Robert Quigg VC (28 February 1885 – 14 May 1955) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He award was made for his service at the Battle of the Somme in the First World War.
Robert Quigg was born on 28 February 1885 in the townland of Ardihannon. Ardihannon is located in the Parish of Billy, near the Giants Causeway, County Antrim. His father, Robert Quigg senior, worked as a boatman and tour guide at the Giants Causeway. Young Quigg attended the Giants Causeway National School. Like most young teenage boys from the rural areas of the time, he left school and sought work on local farms. He worked for a number of years on Forsyth’s farm at Turfnahun and also on the MacNaghten Estate at Dunderave. Robert was a prominent member of the local Orange Lodge Aird LOL 1195; he played in the flute band. He was also a member of the Royal Black Institution and the William Johnston Memorial RBP 559. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Quigg http://www.northantrim.com/RobertQuiggVC.htm http://www.greatwar.co.uk/somme/memo...ster-tower.htm http://www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk/9vcs.htm http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=20596409 |
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Thomas Laughnan VC (August 1824 – 23 July 1864) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was approximately 33 years old, and a Gunner in the Bengal Artillery, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place at the Relief of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Laughnan http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=11397473 http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/coireoth.htm http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ccrrart.htm http://archive.org/details/bookofvictoriacr00stewuoft |
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General Sir William Olpherts VC GCB (8 March 1822 – 30 April 1902) was born in Dartrey, County Armagh, and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Olpherts was born on 8 March 1822 at Dartry near Armagh, son of William Olpherts of Dartry House, County Armagh. He was educated at Dungannon School, and in 1837 received a nomination to the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe. He passed out in the artillery, and joined the headquarters of the Bengal Artillery at Dum Dum in December 1839. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Olpherts http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?titl...orse_Artillery http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...r&GRid=8539030 http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbriches.htm http://archive.org/details/bookofvictoriacr00stewuoft |
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Major Samuel Hill Lawrence VC (22 January 1831 – 17 June 1868), born in Cork, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
His father, also called Samuel Hill, had a military career in the 32nd Regiment of Foot and was wounded at Quatre Bras, the prelude to Waterloo. The Lawrence family formed part of the ‘Protestant Ascendancy’ in Ireland. Lawrence Snr. may have been master of the Orange Lodge at Nenagh around the year 1825 and is recorded as living at Belmont Cottage, Douglas, near Cork, Ireland in 1837. His mother, Margaret Macdonald, was of Scots origin. He was the cousin of Lieutenant Thomas Cadell VC. He was 26 years old, and a lieutenant, with a recent field promotion to captain, in the 32nd Regiment of Foot (later The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place on 7 July 1857 and 26 September 1857 at the Siege of Lucknow for which he awarded the VC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hill_Lawrence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bri...brit%C3%A1nico http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=11397566 http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_8_CDV_Lawrence.htm http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7217 |
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George Lambert VC (16 December 1819 – 10 February 1860), born in Markethill, County Armagh, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was 37 years old, and a Sergeant-Major in the 84th Regiment of Foot (later the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place for which he was awarded the VC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lambert_(VC) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=11396891 http://www.chrishobbs.com/georgelambert1858.htm http://archive.org/details/bookofvictoriacr00stewuoft Last edited by jembo; 01-06-13 at 01:58 PM. |
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John Lyons VC (1824 – 20 April 1867) was born in County Carlow, Ireland and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was approximately 32 years old, and a private in the 19th Regiment of Foot (later The Yorkshire Regiment - Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own), British Army, during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyons_(VC) http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/ireland.htm http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ir...oria_cross.htm http://archive.org/details/bookofvictoriacr00stewuoft http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=11483406 |
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Sir Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd VC KCB (1 January 1854 – 5 July 1941) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lloyd was born in County Roscommon. He was 39 years old, and a Surgeon Major in the Army Medical Service (later Royal Army Medical Corps), British Army during the Kachin Hills Expedition, Burma when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Ed...nefather_Lloyd http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...r&GRid=7707023 |
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Major James Edward Ignatius Masterson VC (20 June 1862 – 24 December 1935) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Masterson entered the Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1881. He served in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, including the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir. He was commissioned into the 2nd Devonshire Regiment in 1891. He served in Burma from 1891 to 1902 and the North-West Frontier of India from 1897 to 1898, He became captain in 1900. Masterson was 37 years old, and a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 6 January 1900, at Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E...tius_Masterson http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=29186489 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladysmith,_South_Africa http://www.angloboerwar.com/index.ph...id=25_in_0&p=2 http://archive.org/details/bookofvictoriacr00stewuoft |
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John Murray VC (February 1837 – 7 November 1911) was born at Birr in County Offaly and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was approximately 27 years old, and a sergeant in the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), British Army during the Waikato-Hauhau Maori War, New Zealand when the following deed took place on 21 June 1864 at Tauranga for which he was awarded the VC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray_(VC) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=11719348 http://archive.org/details/bookofvictoriacr00stewuoft |
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John Ryan VC (1839 – 29 December 1864) was born in Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Ryan was about 24 years old, and a Lance Corporal in the 65th Regiment of Foot (later the 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment), British Army during the Invasion of Waikato (one of the campaigns in the New Zealand Wars), when the following deed took place on 7 September 1863, for which he was awarded the VC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ryan_(VC_1863) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron-town http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/ph...-wars-memorial http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...r&GRid=8023981 http://archive.org/details/bookofvictoriacr00stewuoft http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/ph...-wars-memorial Last edited by jembo; 16-07-13 at 09:15 PM. |
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John Sinnott VC (1829 – 20 July 1896) was born in Wexford and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was about 28 years old, and a lance corporal in the 84th Regiment (later the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 6 October 1857 at Lucknow, British India for which he was awarded the VC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinnott http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/surrey.htm http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=14362228 http://archive.org/details/bookofvictoriacr00stewuoft |
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Major David Nelson VC (3 April 1886 – 8 April 1918) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Nelson was born Deraghland, Stradnoden, County Monaghan. He was 28 years old, and a sergeant in 'L' Battery, Royal Artillery (RHA), British Army during World War I when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_N...h_Army_officer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_at_N%C3%A9ry http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...r&GRid=9902526 |
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Miles Ryan VC (1826 – January 1887) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Ryan was about 31 years old, and a drummer in the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he and James McGuire were awarded the VC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Ryan http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=11760657 |
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John Lucas VC (1826 – 4 March 1892) was born in Glasgomy, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lucas was approximately 35 years old, and a colour-sergeant in the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot (later part of the South Lancashire Regiment - The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) of the British Army: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lucas_(VC) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...r&GRid=7746287 http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/dublin.htm |
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