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BORN September 1822
DIED 16 February 1863 AGE 40
VC Won 2 October 1857 AGE 35
Place VC Won Chota Behar
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Denis Dynon No. 2165
VC Issue No. 193 Awards VC
Regiment 53rd Regiment
Later King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Kilmannon, Co. Laois, Ireland
Place Of Death Fullamore, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 25 February 1862
VC Presented 02 May 1862 by the Master of Kilmainham Hospital, Ireland
Memorials
By The Way…
He enlisted first in the 44th Regiment (Essex Regiment)before earning the VC in the 53rd Regiment(Shropshire Light Infantry)
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
