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BORN 12 February 1830
DIED 9 March 1861 AGE 31
VC Won 26 September 1857 AGE 27
Place VC Won Relief of Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name William Bradshaw No.
VC Issue No. 177 Awards VC
Regiment 90th Regiment
Later Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Assistant Surgeon
Rank End Of Career Assistant Surgeon
Place Of Birth Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Place Of Death Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Buried/Location Ashes St Mary's Church of Ireland Churchyard, St Mary’s Avenue, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, 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
Headstone, St Mary's Church of Ireland Churchyard, St Mary’s Avenue, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Plaque in St Mary's Church of Ireland Church, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
P Plaque at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs
By The Way…
He served in the 50th regiment (West Kents)in the Crimean but won the Victoria Cross while serving with the 90th (The Cameronians)
Presented to the Royal Army Medical Corps Museum by his grand niece, Mrs L Agnew
VC Held By
Royal Army Medical Corps Museum, Keogh Barracks, Mytchett Place Road, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
