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BORN March 1826
DIED 29 October 1886 AGE 60
VC Won 8 June 1857 AGE 31
Place VC Won Badle-ke-Serai, Delhi
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Henry Hartigan No.
VC Issue No. 120 Awards VC
Regiment 9th Lancers
Later Queen's Royal Lancers
Now The Royal Lancers
Rank VC Won Pensioned Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Drumlea, Enniskillen Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Place Of Death Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India
Buried/Location Ashes Barrackpore New Cemetery, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Unmarked grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 19 June 1860
VC Presented 24 December 1860, Lady Hersey, Fort William, Calcutta, India
Memorials
By The Way…
There is doubt the Victoria Cross held by The Borough Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme, is genuine
VC Held By
Borough Museum & Art Gallery, Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
On two occasions he came to the assistance of sergeants who were surrounded by mutineers. On one occasion, fighting them with his bare hands
