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BORN 1827
DIED 30 October 1857 AGE 30
VC Won 21 September 1857 AGE 30
Place VC Won Mungalwar
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Patrick Mahoney No.
VC Issue No. 168 Awards VC
Regiment 1st Madras Fusiliers
Later Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Waterford, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Place Of Death Lucknow, India
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, presumably buried where he fell - India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 18 June 1858
VC Presented No presentation
Memorials
By The Way…
A nickname for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers was “The Old Toughs”
VC Held By
Oriental & India Office collection, The British Library, Euston Road, London, England
