John Purcell (VC)
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military person John Purcell VC (c. 1814 – 19 September 1857) was an Irish soldier in the British Army who received 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 born at Kilcommon, Oughterard, County Galway.
Details
He was about 43 years old, and a private in the 9th Lancers (The Queen's Royal), during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 19 June 1857 at Delhi, India for which he and Thomas Hancock were awarded the VC: Template:Quote
In a later dispatch from Brigadier-General Hope Grant, C.B. to Major H. W. Norman, Assistant Adjutant-General of the Army, on 10 January 1858, Hope writes:Template:Quote
He was killed in action at Delhi a few weeks later, on 19 September 1857.
References
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
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- Ireland's VCs Template:ISBN (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
- 1810s births
- 1857 deaths
- 19th-century Irish people
- Irish soldiers in the British Army
- People from Oughterard, County Galway
- 9th Queen's Royal Lancers soldiers
- Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British military personnel killed in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Military personnel from County Galway