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VC140   Abraham Boulger

BORN   4 September 1835

DIED   23 January 1900  AGE   64

VC Won  12 July-25 September 1857  AGE 22  

Place VC Won  Lucknow

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Abraham Boulger   No.   

VC Issue No.   140   Awards   VC   

Regiment   84th Regiment

Later   York & Lancaster Regiment

Now   Disbanded

Rank VC Won   Lance-Corporal

Rank End Of Career  Lieutenant-Colonel

Place Of Birth   Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Place Of Death   At his home, Moate, near Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

Buried/Location Ashes  Ballymore Roman Catholic Churchyard, High Street, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone  Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   18 June 1858

VC Presented   08 June 1859 by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Ballymore Roman Catholic Churchyard, High Street, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

P  Named on Son’s headstone, Fernyhaigh, Ireland

By The Way…

He was a protestant but converted to the catholic faith so he could marry his wife

VC Held By

York & Lancaster Regiment Museum, Brian O'Malley Library & Arts Centre, Walker Place, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England

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He showed conspicuous gallantry at the relief of Lucknow, between 12th July and 25th September 1857 during all twelve actions fought by his regiment, until wounds put him out of action

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