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VC214   Charles Irwin

BORN   1824

DIED   8 April 1873  AGE   48

VC Won  16 November 1857   AGE   33

Place VC Won  Secundra Bagh, Lucknow

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Charles Irwin   No.    ELECTED BY REGIMENT

VC Issue No.   214   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   Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland

Place Of Death   Newtonbutler, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Buried/Location Ashes   St Mark's Church of Ireland Churchyard, Aghadrumsee, Magheraveely, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   24 December 1858

VC Presented   1859, India

Memorials

Headstone, St Mark's Church of Ireland Churchyard, Agfhadrumsee, Magheraveely, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

By The Way…

Name on headstone is that of his brother, his own name is unreadable

VC Held By

King's Shropshire Light Infantry Museum, The Castle, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

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