Captain of the After Guard James Gorman VC - Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN THE: MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS

CORFU CYPRUS GIBRALTAR MALTA

CORFU / CYPRUS / GIBRALTAR

Name Joseph,
CONNORS		 Samuel,
MCGAW		 Thomas Henry,
KAVANAGH
Rank Corporal Sergeant Mr
Force 3rd Regiment
( East Kent Regiment )		 42nd Regiment
( The Black Watch )		 Bengal Civil Service
VC won Crimean War,
8 September 1855		 Ashanti War, West Africa
21 January 1874		 Indian Mutiny,
9 November 1857
London Gaz 24 February 1857 28 March 1874 6 July 1859
Born Davaugh, Co Kerry, Ireland,
October 1830		 Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland,
1838		 Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Ireland,
15 July 1821
Died 29 January 1857,
Corfu		 22 July 1878,
Larnaca, Cyprus		 13 November 1882,
Gibraltar
Grave British Cemetery, Corfu Town British Cemetery, Kyrenia, Cyprus North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft VC Collection Not publicly held
Remarks None None None

MALTA

Name Walter Norris,
CONGREVE		 Charles,
MCCORRIE		 Andrew,
MOYNIHAN
Rank General Private Captain
Force The Rifle Brigade 57th Regiment
( Middlesex Regiment )		 90th Regiment
( Cameronians - Scottish Rifles )
VC won 2nd Boer War,
15 December 1899		 Crimean War,
23 June 1855		 Crimean War,
8 September 1855
London Gaz 2 February 1900 24 February 1857 24 February 1857
Born Chatham, Kent,
20 November 1862		 Killead, Co Antrim, N Ireland,
1830		 Wakefield, Yorkshire,
1 January 1830
Died 26 February 1927,
Imtarfa Hospital, Malta		 8 April 1857,
Malta		 18 May 1867,
Floriana, Malta
Grave At sea between Malta and the Island of Filfla Msida Bastion Cemetery, Valletta, Malta
( grave unmarked )		 Ta Braxia International Cemetery, Malta
Location
of VC		 Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester Not publicly held Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ) Museum, Hamilton
Remarks KCB, MVO ( Governor of Malta ) None None

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