Stephen Garvin
Stephen Garvin | |
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Born | 1826 Cashel, County Tipperary |
Died | 23 November 1874 Chesterton, Oxfordshire |
Buried | Chesterton Parish Churchyard, Oxfordshire |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1844–1863 |
Rank | Colour Sergeant |
Unit | 1st Battalion 60th Rifles |
Battles / wars | Second Anglo-Sikh War Indian Mutiny North-West Frontier |
Awards | Victoria Cross Distinguished Conduct Medal |
Stephen Garvin VC, DCM (1826 – 23 November 1874), born in Cashel, County Tipperary, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Details
He was around 31 years old, and a colour-sergeant in the 1st Battalion, 60th Rifles, British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 23 June 1857 at Delhi, India for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross:[1]
For daring and gallant conduct before Delhi on the 23rd of June, 1857, in volunteering to lead a small party of men, under a heavy fire, to the " Sammy House," for the purpose of dislodging a number of the Enemy in position there, who kept up a destructive fire on the advanced battery of heavy guns, in which, after a sharp contest, he succeeded. Also recommended for gallant conduct throughout the operations before Delhi.
Further information
Garvin died in Chesterton, Oxfordshire on 23 November 1874 and is buried in Chesterton Parish Churchyard. His Victoria Cross is in private ownership.
References
- ^ "No. 22347". The London Gazette. 20 January 1860.
Listed in order of publication year
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
- Clarke, Brian D. H. (1986). "A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men". The Irish Sword. XVI (64): 185–287.
- Ireland's VCs ISBN 1-899243-00-3 (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (Oxfordshire)
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1826 births
- 1874 deaths
- 19th-century Irish people
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Sikh War
- Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Irish soldiers in the British Army
- King's Royal Rifle Corps soldiers
- People from County Tipperary
- Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal