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BORN 1832
DIED 11 May 1895 AGE 62
VC Won 6 April 1858 AGE 26
Place VC Won Azimgurh
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name Patrick Carlin No.
VC Issue No. 259 Awards VC
Regiment 13th Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later Somerset Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Place Of Death Old City Hospital, part of Union Infirmary Workhouse, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Buried/Location Ashes Friar's Bush Roman Catholic Cemetery, Stranmillis Road, Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Unmarked grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 26 October 1858
VC Presented 29 June 1858 by Commander in Chief India, General Sir Colin Campbell at Allahabad, India
Memorials
By The Way…
There are still concerns over his exact burial site, so no memorial stone can be erected
VC Held By
Somerset Light Infantry Regiment, Somerset Military Museum, County Museum, The Castle, Taunton, Somerset, England
