Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. He received the award for his actions at Boolundshur, India on September 28, 1857 during the Indian Rebellion. Born in Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland, he served as a sergeant in the Bengal Horse Artillery of the British Bengal Army. His Victoria Cross citation reads: "For an act of valour performed in action against the rebels and mutineers at Boolundshur, on the 28th September, 1857, when these two soldiers [Bernard Diamond and Richard Fitzgerald] evinced the most determined bravery in working their gun under a very heavy fire of musketry, whereby they cleared the road of the enemy, after every other man belonging to it had been either killed or disabled by wounds." During his military career, he also received the Punjab Medal, the Indian War Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He later emigrated to New Zealand and died in Masterton, Wellington Region, New Zealand at the age of 65.
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. He received the award for his actions at Boolundshur, India on September 28, 1857 during the Indian Rebellion. Born in Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland, he served as a sergeant in the Bengal Horse Artillery of the British Bengal Army. His Victoria Cross citation reads: "For an act of valour performed in action against the rebels and mutineers at Boolundshur, on the 28th September, 1857, when these two soldiers [Bernard Diamond and Richard Fitzgerald] evinced the most determined bravery in working their gun under a very heavy fire of musketry, whereby they cleared the road of the enemy, after every other man belonging to it had been either killed or disabled by wounds." During his military career, he also received the Punjab Medal, the Indian War Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He later emigrated to New Zealand and died in Masterton, Wellington Region, New Zealand at the age of 65.
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