[ London Gazette, 23 September 1864 ], Pontoko, New Zealand, 2nd October 1863, Drummer Dudley Stagpoole and Ensign John Thornton Down, 57th ( West Middlesex ) Regiment.

For their conduct at Pontoko, on the 2nd October 1863, in rescuing a wounded comrade from the rebel Maoris. They succeeded in bringing in the wounded man, who was lying at about fifty yards from the bush, although the enemy kept up a very heavy fire from the bush at short range, and also from behind fallen logs, close at hand. The man had been wounded during an engagement with the rebel natives, and Ensign Down, and Drummer Stagpoole, responded to the call of the Officer Commanding the detachment of the Regiment for volunteers to bring him in.

Dudley Stagpoole was invested with his Victoria Cross by Brigadier General R Waddy, at Wananui, New Zealand, on the 24 January 1866.

[ London Gazette, 23 September 1864 ], For the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, Drummer Dudley Stagpoole, 57th ( West Middlesex ) Regiment

The Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the Field has been conferred on Drummer Stagpoole, for the energy and devotion which he displayed on the 25th September 1863, at the affair near Kaipakopako, ( New Zealand ), in having, though wounded in the head, twice volunteered and brought in wounded men.

Medal entitlement of Drummer Dudley Stagpoole

• Victoria Cross
• Distinguished Conduct Medal ( DCM )
• Crimea Medal ( 1854-56 )
  • 1 clasp:
  • "Sebastopol"
• New Zealand Medal ( 1860-66 )
• Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal
• Turkish Crimea Medal ( 1855-56 )