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BORN March 1829
DIED 27 April 1859 AGE 30
VC Won 26 September 1857 AGE 28
Place VC Won Relief of Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Peter McManus No.
VC Issue No. 181 Awards VC
Regiment 5th Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later Northumberland Fusiliers
Now Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Tynan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland
Place Of Death Allahabad, India
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 18 June 1858
VC Presented 1858, Lieutenant-General Sir J Outram, India
Memorials
By The Way…
Believed to be buried in an unmarked grave with other smallpox victims.
Request for a replacement VC by McManus' nephew, Major D J McManus on 30 August 1939, declined as he was not next of kin
VC Held By
Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland, The Abbot's Tower, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
