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BORN March 1826
DIED 3 August 1865 AGE 39
VC Won 25 October 1854 AGE 28
Place VC Won Balaclava, Crimea (Charge of the Light Brigade)
War/Campaign Crimean War
Name John Farrell No.
VC Issue No. 18 Awards VC
Regiment 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
Later Queen's Royal Lancers
Now The Royal Lancers
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Quartermaster-Sergeant
Place Of Birth Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Place Of Death Secunderabad, India
Buried/Location Ashes Secunderabad Cemetery, Secuderbad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 31 August 1865
Headstone Unmarked Grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 20 November 1857
VC Presented 1858, Commander in Chief India, Sir Colin Campbell, India
Memorials
Not known if grave was ever marked
By The Way…
Nickname for the 17th Lancers is the “Death or Glory Boys”
VC Held By
Unknown
Whilst under fire he stayed with a wounded officer and with the assistance of John Berryman brought him back to safety.
