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BORN August 1824
DIED 23 July 1864 AGE 39
VC Won 14-22 November 1857 AGE 33
Place VC Won Relief of Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Thomas Laughnan No. ELECTED BY REGIMENT
VC Issue No. 204 Awards VC
Regiment Bengal Artillery
Later
Now Royal Artillery
Rank VC Won Gunner
Rank End Of Career Gunner
Place Of Birth Kilmadaugh, Gort, Co. Galway, Ireland
Place Of Death Co. Galway, Ireland
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Co. Galway, Ireland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Unmarked Grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 24 February 1858
VC Presented 1859, India
Memorials
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
By The Way…
Elected by his regiment for the V.C. under the 13th clause of the Royal Warrant.
VC Held By
Royal Artillery Regiment Museum, Old Royal Military Academy, Red Lion Lane, Woolwich, London, England
