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VC198 Thomas Henry Kavanagh
BORN 15 July 1821
DIED 13 November 1882 AGE 61
VC Won 9 November 1857 AGE 36
Place VC Won Lucknow Residency
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Thomas Henry Kavanagh No.
VC Issue No. 198 Awards VC
Regiment Bengal Civil Service
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Civil Servant
Rank End Of Career Civil Servant
Place Of Birth Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Place Of Death Gibraltar
Buried/Location Ashes North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Grave 4567
Gazetted 6 July 1859
VC Presented 04 January 1860, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
P Headstone North Front Cemetery, Halifax Road, Gibralter
Kavanagh Road, Napier, North Island, New Zealand
Memorial plaque, Christchurch, Lucknow, Utter Pradesh, India
Kavanagha Court, Gibaltar
By The Way…
Third civilian to be awarded the VC
VC Held By
Not known
