Patrick Mahoney
{{short description|Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
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|birth_date= c. 1827
|death_date= 30 October 1857 (aged 29–30)
|birth_place= Waterford, Ireland
|death_place=Lucknow, British India
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Patrick Mahoney VC (c. 1827 – 30 October 1857) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Details
He was about 30 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Madras European Fusiliers (later The Royal Dublin Fusiliers), Madras Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:
For distinguished gallantry (whilst doing duty with the Volunteer Cavalry) in aiding in the capture of the Regimental Colour of the 1st Regiment Native Infantry, at Mungulwar, on the 21st of September, 1857.
(Extract from Field Force Orders of the late Major-General Havelock, dated 17 October 1857.){{London Gazette|issue=22154|page=2957|date=18 June 1858}}
He was killed in action at Lucknow, India, on 30 October 1857.
References
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- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
- {{cite journal|first=Brian D. H.|last=Clarke|title=A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men|journal=The Irish Sword|volume=XVI|issue=64|pages=185–287|year=1986}}
- 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, Four Courts, 2000 {{ISBN|185182491X}})
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Category:Irish soldiers in the British East India Company Army
Category:19th-century Irish people
Category:Military personnel from County Waterford
Category:Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross
Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross
Category:British military personnel killed in the Indian Rebellion of 1857