Leading Seaman James Joseph Magennis VC - Royal Navy ( HM Midget Submarine XE.3 )

GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : NORTHERN IRELAND

BELFAST CO ANTRIM CO DOWN CO FERMANAGH CO TYRONE

BELFAST

Name Patrick,
CARLIN		 Valentine Munbee,
MCMASTER		 Bernard,
MCQUIRT
Rank Private Surgeon Private
Force 13th Regiment
( Somerset Light Infantry )		 78th Regiment
( Seaforth Highlanders )		 95th Regiment,
( Sherwood Foresters )
VC won Azimgurh, Indian Mutiny,
6 April 1858		 Relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
25 September 1857		 Rowa, Indian Mutiny,
6 January 1858
London Gaz 26 October 1858 18 June 1858 11 November 1859
Born Belfast,
1832		 Trinchinopoly, India,
16 May 1834		 Donacloney, Co Armagh,
1829
Died 11 May 1895,
Belfast		 22 January 1872,
Belfast		 5 October 1888,
Belfast
Grave Friar's Bush RC Cemetery, Belfast
( grave not marked )		 City Cemetery, Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast
( grave not marked )
headstone: Donacloney graveyard
Location
of VC		 Somerset Light Infantry Museum, Taunton National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Not publicly held
Remarks None None None

CO ANTRIM / CO DOWN

Name Robert,
QUIGG		 Sir George Stuart,
WHITE		 Hugh,
COLVIN		 Robert,
SCOTT
Rank Sergeant Field-Marshal Major Private
Force 12th Bn The Royal Irish Rifles 92nd Regiment,
( Gordon Highlanders )		 9th Bn The Cheshire Regiment The Manchester Regiment
VC won Hamel, Somme, France,
1 July 1916		 Charasiah, Afghan War,
6 October 1879		 Hessian Wood, Ypres, Belgium,
20 September 1917		 Ceasar's Camp, Natal, 2nd Boer War,
6 January 1900
London Gaz 9 September 1916 2 June 1881 8 November 1917 26 July 1901
Born Ardihennon, Giant's Causeway, Co Antrim,
12 March 1885		 Port Stewart, Co Antrim,
6 July 1835		 Burnley, Lancashire,
1 February 1887		 Haslingden, Lancashire,
4 June 1874
Died 14 May 1955,
Ballycastle, Co Antrim		 24 June 1912,
Royal Hospital Chelsea, London		 16 September 1962,
Bangor, Co Down		 21 February 1961,
Downpatrick, Co Down
Grave Billy Protestant Churchyard, Co Antrim Broughshane Presbyterian Churchyard, Co Antrim Carnmoney Cemetery, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim Christchurch Cemetery, Kilkeel, Co Down
Location
of VC		 Royal Ulster Rifles Museum, Belfast Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen Cheshire Regiment Museum, Chester Manchester Regiment Museum, Ashton-under-Lyne
Remarks None GCB OM GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO None None

CO FERMANAGH / CO TYRONE

Name Charles,
IRWIN		 James,
MCGUIRE		 Michael,
SLEAVON		 John Alexander,
SINTON
Rank Private Sergeant Corporal Brigadier
Force 53rd Regiment,
( King's Shropshire Light Infantry )		 1st Bengal ( European ) Fusiliers
( Royal Munster Fusiliers )		 Corps of Royal Engineers Indian Medical Service
VC won Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
16 November 1857		 Kabul Gate, Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
14 September 1857 *		 Jhansi Fort, Indian Mutiny,
3 April 1858		 Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia,
21 January 1916
London Gaz 24 December 1858 24 December 1858 11 November 1859 21 June 1916
Born Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, Ireland,
1824		 Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh,
1827		 Magheraculmoney, Co Fermanagh,
1826		 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada,
2 December 1884
Died 8 April 1873,
Newton Butler, Co Fermanagh		 22 December 1862
Londonderry Prison		 15 August 1902,
Dromard, Co Sligo		 25 March 1956,
Cookstown, Co Tyrone
Grave St Mark's Churchyard, Magheraveely, Co Fermanagh Donagh Cemetery ( unmarked )
( buried under the name Patrick Donnelly )		 Bannagh RC Churchyard, Tubrid, Co Fermanagh Claggan Presbyterian Churchyard, Co Tyrone
Location
of VC		 King's Shropshire Light Infantry Museum, Shrewsbury National Army Museum, London Not publicly held Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett
Remarks None * Forfeit of VC - 1862 None OBE

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