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Private Patrick Donohoe VC - 9th ( Queen's Royal ) Lancers

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IN : IRELAND

CO DONEGAL	CO GALWAY	CO KILKENNY	CO KILDARE	CO LIMERICK
CO LONGFORD	CO MAYO	CO MEATH	CO MONAGHAN	CO OFFALY
CO SLIGO	CO WATERFORD	CO WESTMEATH	CO WEXFORD

CO DONEGAL / CO GALWAY / CO KILKENNY

Name James,
DUFFY George,
GARDINER Thomas,
LAUGHNAN Robert,
JOHNSTON

Rank Private Colour-Sergeant Gunner Major

Force 6th Bn The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 57th Regiment,
( Middlesex Regiment ) Bengal Artillery Imperial Light Horse ( Natal )
South African Forces

VC won Kereina Peak, Palestine,
27 December 1917 Sebastopol, Crimea,
22 March 1855 Relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
14 to 22 November 1857 * Elandslaagte, 2nd Boer War,
21 October 1899

London Gaz 26 February 1918 2 June 1858 24 February 1858 12 February 1901

Born Gweedore, Co Donegal,
17 November 1889 Gelwellen, Co Down, N Ireland,
1821 Kilmadaugh, Co Galway,
August 1824 Laputa, Co Donegal,
13 August 1872

Died 7 April 1969,
Letterkenny, Co Donegal 17 November 1891,
Lifford, Co Donegal 23 July 1864,
Co Galway 24 March 1950,
Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny

Grave Conwal Cemetery, Letterkenny, Co Donegal Clouleigh Churchyard, Lifford, Co Donegal Burial site unknown
No trace of death/burial in Ireland from 1862 to 1874 St Mary's Churchyard, Inistioge, Co Kilkenny

Location
of VC Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Museum, Enniskillen Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment & Queen's Regiment RHQ, Canterbury Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich Not publicly held

Remarks None DCM * Elected by the regiment None

CO KILDARE / CO LIMERICK

Name John,
LYONS Henry,
RAMAGE Joseph,
BRADSHAW

Rank Corporal Sergeant Corporal

Force 19th Regiment,
( Yorkshire Regiment ) 2nd Dragoons,
( Royal Scots Greys ) 2nd Bn The Rifle Brigade

VC won Sebastopol, Crimea,
10 June 1855 Balaclava, Crimea,
26 October 1854 Sebastopol, Crimea,
22 April 1855

London Gaz 24 February 1857 2 June 1858 24 February 1857

Born Carlow, Co Carlow,
1824 Morningside, Edinburgh,
1827 Dromkeen, Co Limerick,
1835

Died 20 April 1867,
Naas, Co Kildare 29 December 1859,
Newbridge, Co Kildare 29 August 1893,
St Johns, Limerick, Co Limerick

Grave Location of grave unknown,
despite numerous searches Newbridge Cemetery, Co Kildare
( Common ground - grave not marked ) Burial location unknown.
References indicate St Johns, Co Limerick

Location
of VC Green Howards Museum, Richmond Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum, Edinburgh Castle Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester

Remarks None None None

CO LONGFORD / CO MAYO / CO MEATH

Name Joseph,
WARD Cornelius,
COUGHLAN Patrick,
DONOHOE Frederick Augustus,
SMITH

Rank Sergeant Sergeant-Major Private Lieutenant-Colonel

Force 8th Hussars,
( King's Royal Irish ) 75th Regiment,
( Gordon Highlanders ) 9th ( Queen's Royal ) Lancers 43rd Regiment,
( Ox & Bucks Light Infantry )

VC won Gwalior, Indian Mutiny,
17 June 1858 * Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
8 June 1857 Bolundshadur, Indian Mutiny,
28 September 1857 Tauranga, New Zealand,
21 June 1864

London Gaz 26 January 1859 11 November 1862 24 December 1858 4 November 1864

Born Kinsale, Co Cork,
1832 Eyrecourt, Co Galway,
27 June 1828 Nenagh, Co Tipperary,
28 September 1820 Dublin,
18 November 1826

Died 23 November 1872,
Longford, Co Longford 14 February 1915,
Westport, Co Mayo 16 August 1876,
Ashbourne, Co Meath 22 July 1887,
Breely, Duleek, Co Meath

Grave St John's Churchyard, Longford Town, Co Longford Aughavale Cemetery, Westport, Co Mayo
( headstone erected August 2004 ) St Patrick's RC Churchyard, Donaghmore, Co Meath
( grave not marked ) St Cianán's Churchyard, Duleek, Co Meath
( Grave not marked in family plot )

Location
of VC Not publicly held National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London

Remarks * Elected by the regiment None None None

CO MONAGHAN / CO OFFALY / CO SLIGO / CO WATERFORD

Name Thomas,
HUGHES John,
MURRAY Martin Joseph,
MOFFAT Lord William de la Poer,
BERESFORD

Rank Corporal Sergeant Private Lieutenant-Colonel

Force 6th Bn The Connaught Rangers 68th Regiment,
( Durham Light Infantry ) 2nd Bn Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment 9th ( Queen's Royal ) Lancers

VC won Guillemont, Somme, France,
3 September 1916 Tauranga, New Zealand,
21 June 1864 Ledeghem, Belgium,
14 October 1918 Ulundi, Zululand,
3 July 1879

London Gaz 26 October 1916 4 November 1864 26 December 1918 23 August 1879

Born Coravoo, Co Monaghan,
10 November 1885 Whigsboro, King's County,
February 1837 Sligo,
15 April 1882 Mullaghbrack, Co Armagh, N Ireland,
20 July 1847

Died 4 January 1942,
Bloomfield, Co Monaghan 8 April 1912,
Derrinlough, Co Offaly 5 January 1946,
Drowned off the coast of Sligo 28 December 1900,
Dorking, Surrey

Grave Broomfield Old Cemetery, Co Monaghan,
between Carrickmacross & Castleblaney Eglish Churchyard, Near Fivealley, Co Offaly,
( Grave not marked ) Sligo Town Cemetery, Co Sligo Clonegam Churchyard, Curraghmore, Co Waterford

Location
of VC National Army Museum, London Durham Light Infantry Museum, Durham Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London Not publicly held

Remarks None None None KCIE

CO WESTMEATH / CO WEXFORD

Name Abraham,
BOULGER George Arthur,
BOYD-ROCHFORT Thomas,
FLINN John Christopher,
GUISE

Rank Lieutenant-Colonel Captain Drummer Lieutenant-General

Force 84th Regiment,
( York & Lancaster Regiment ) Scots Guards,
( Special Reserve, att'd 1st Bn ) 64th Regiment,
( North Staffordshire Regiment ) 90th Regiment,
( Cameronians, Scottish Riles )

VC won Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
12 July to 25 September 1857 La Bassee Canal, France,
3 August 1915 Cawnpore, Indian Mutiny,
28 November 1857 * Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
16 & 17 November 1857 *

London Gaz 18 June 1858 1 September 1915 12 April 1859 24 December 1858

Born Kilcullin, Co Kildare,
4 September 1835 Middleton Park, Co Westmeath,
1 January 1880 Athlone, Co Westmeath,
August 1842 Highnam, Gloucestershire,
27 July 1826

Died 23 January 1900,
Moate, Co Westmeath 7 August 1940,
Dublin 10 August 1892,
Athlone Workhouse, Co Westmeath 5 February 1895,
Gorey, Co Wexford

Grave Ballymore Churchyard, Co Westmeath Castletown Old Churchyard, Co Westmeath Cornamagh RC Cemetery, 3 miles from Athlone, Co Westmeath
( Common ground ) Gorey Churchyard, Co Wexford

Location
of VC York & Lancaster Regiment Museum, Rotherham Scots Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London

Remarks None None * Aged 15 years and 3 months * Elected by the regiment

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