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VC126   Stephen Garvin

BORN   1826

DIED   23 November 1874  AGE   48

VC Won  23 June 1857  AGE  31

Place VC Won  Siege of Delhi

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Stephen Garvin  No.   

VC Issue No.   126   Awards   VC   

Regiment   60th Rifles, 1st Battalion

Later   King's Royal Rifle Corps

Now   2nd Battalion The Rifles

Rank VC Won   Colour-Sergeant

Rank End Of Career  Colour-Sergeant

Place Of Birth   Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Place Of Death   Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes  Parish Church of St Andrew Churchyard, Church Street, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone  Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   20 June 1860

VC Presented   09 November 1860 by Queen Victoria at Home Park, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Parish Church of St Andrew Churchyard, Church Street, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England

By The Way…

His Victoria Cross was listed for sale in 1969 for £1500

VC Held By

The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M

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For bold and courageous conduct, at the Siege of Delhi, in June 1857. He volunteered to lead a small party of men under heavy fire, to dislodge a large number of enemy who were endangering the advance battery of heavy guns. After a fierce engagement he succeeded