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VC569 Michael John O’Leary
BORN 29 September 1890
DIED 1 August 1961 AGE 70
VC Won 1 February 1915 AGE 24
Place VC Won Cuinchy, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Michael John O’Leary No. 3556
VC Issue No. 569 Awards VC
Regiment Irish Guards, 1st Battalion, No. 1 Company
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lance-Corporal
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Kilbarry Lodge, Inchigeela, near Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland
Place Of Death Whittington Hospital, Islington, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Mill Hill Cemetery, Milespit Hill, London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section G-3, Grave 1930
Gazetted 18 February 1915
VC Presented 22 June 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Mill Hill Cemetery, Milespit Hill, London, England
Plaque at Royal Canadian Mounted Police Museum, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Cross of Sacrifice, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
By The Way…
The first Irishman to be awarded the VC during the First World War
VC Held By
Irish Guards, Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London, England
