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BORN 1806
DIED 24 December 1868 AGE 62
VC Won 26 September 1857 AGE 51
Place VC Won Relief of Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Thomas Duffy No.
VC Issue No. 178 Awards VC
Regiment 1st Madras Fusiliers
Later Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Caulry (possibly Colehill), near Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Place Of Death Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Buried/Location Ashes Glasnevin Cemetery (Prospect Cemetery), Finglas Road, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. The Garden Section (Dublin Section E), Row Zb, Grave 8 1/2
Gazetted 18 June 1858
VC Presented 1859, Lieutenant-Colonel M Beresford, Mysore, India
Memorials
P Memorial stone, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
By The Way…
Stone refurbished and plaque installed September 2011
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
