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Name | Charles, ANDERSON |
Richard Wallace, ANNAND |
Michael Wilson, HEAVISIDE |
Thomas, KENNY |
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Rank | Corporal | Captain | Private | Lance-Sergeant |
Force | 2nd Dragoon Guards ( The Queen's Bays ) | 2nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry | 15th Bn, Durham Light Infantry | 13th Bn, Durham Light Infantry |
VC won | Jamo, Oudh, Indian Mutiny, 8 October 1858 |
River Dyle, Belgium, 15 - 16 May 1940 |
Fontaine-les-Croiselles, France, 6 May 1917 |
La Houssoie, France, 4 November 1915 |
London Gaz | 11 November 1862 | 23 August 1940 | 8 June 1917 | 7 December 1915 |
Born | Dublin, 1827 |
South Shields, Co Durham, 5 November 1914 |
Durham City, 28 October 1880 |
South Wingate, 4 April 1882 |
Died | 19 April 1899, Seaham Harbour |
24 December 2004, Whitesmocks, Durham City |
26 April 1939, Craghead |
29 November 1948, South Wingate |
Grave | Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham Harbour ( headstone erected 1989 ) |
Durham City Crematorium | St Thomas's Churchyard, Craghead ( headstone erected 1999 ) |
Wheatley Hill Cemetery ( headstone erected 1994 ) |
Location of VC |
Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Lord Ashcroft Gallery Imperial War Museum, London |
Durham Light Infantry Medal Collection, The Story, Durham | Not publicly held |
Remarks | None | None | None | None |
CO DURHAM
Name
Michael,
MURPHYThomas,
YOUNG ( real name Thomas MORRELL )Rank
Farrier-Major
Private
Force
2nd Bn, Military Train
9th Bn, Durham Light Infantry
VC won
Azimgurth, Indian Mutiny,
15 April 1858 *Bucquoy, France,
25 - 31 March 1918London Gaz
27 May 1859
4 June 1918
Born
Cahir, Co Tipperary, Ireland,
1832Boldon,
28 January 1895Died
4 April 1893
Darlington15 October 1966,
WhickhamGrave
North Road Municipal Cemetery, Darlington
St Patrick's Cemetery, High Spen
Location
of VCRoyal Logistic Corps Museum, Worthy Down, Hampshire
Durham Light Infantry Medal Collection, The Story, Durham
Remarks
* Forfeit of VC in 1872 for theft
None