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BORN 1824
DIED 2 October 1862 AGE 38
VC Won 16 November 1857 AGE 33
Place VC Won Secundra Bagh, Lucknow
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name James Kenny No. ELECTED BY REGIMENT
VC Issue No. 209 Awards VC
Regiment 53rd Regiment
Later King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battlions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Place Of Death Mooltan, India
Buried/Location Ashes Mooltan Cemetery, Mooltan (Multan) Punjab, Pakistan
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 02 October 1862
Headstone Unmarked Grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 24 December 1858
VC Presented India
Memorials
By The Way…
The nickname of the 53rd Regiment was the “Brickdusts”
VC Held By
Not known
