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VC127   John McGovern

BORN   16 May 1825

DIED   22 November 1888  AGE   63

VC Won  23 June 1857  AGE  32

Place VC Won  Siege of Delhi

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   John McGovern   No.   95

VC Issue No.   127   Awards   VC   

Regiment   1st Bengal Fusiliers

Later  Royal Munster Fusiliers

Now   Disbanded

Rank VC Won   Private

Rank End Of Career  Private

Place Of Birth   Templeport, Co. Cavan, Ireland

Place Of Death   Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Buried/Location Ashes  Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Plains Road West, Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Section E, Lot 53

Gazetted   18 June 1859

VC Presented   10 July 1860, India

Memorials

P  Headstone, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Plains Road West, Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

By The Way…

Name shown as M'Gauran or M'Guaran on some Army and Indian records

Duplicate VC issued to the Secretary of the Royal Munster Fusiliers Old Comrades' Association , 13 May 1922

VC Held By

National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England

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During the Siege of Delhi, he courageously brought back a wounded comrade under heavy fire, with no thought for himself

Thank you to Bill Sweeney for the photo of John McGover’s grave