Lieutenant General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO - 4th Dragoon Guards


GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : CO CORK, IRELAND

Name Sir Adrian,
CARTON DE WIART
William,
COSGROVE
John,
DUNLAY
Patrick,
GREEN
Rank Lieutenant General Staff Sergeant Lance Corporal Colour Sergeant
Force 4th Dragoon Guards,
att'd 8th Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment
1st Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers 93rd Regiment,
( Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders )
75th Regiment,
( Gordon Highlanders )
VC won La Boiselle, Somme, France,
2-3 July 1916
Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, Turkey,
26 April 1915
Sercunderbagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
16 November 1857 *
Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
11 September 1857
London Gaz 9 September 1916 23 August 1915 24 December 1858 26 October 1858
Born Brussels, Belgium,
5 May 1880
Ballinookera, Co Cork,
1 October 1888
Douglas, Co Cork,
1831
Ballinasloe, Co Galway,
1824
Died 5 June 1963,
Aghinagh House, Co Cork
14 July 1936,
Millbank Hospital, London
17 October 1890,
Cork
19 July 1889,
Cork
Grave Caum Churchyard, adjacent to Aghinagh House
( image courtesy Chris Roche )
Upper Aghada Cemetery, Near Cork St Joseph's Cemetery, Cork
( Headstone erected November 2018 )
Aghada Cemetery, Cork
( several cemeteries known by this name )
Location
of VC
National Army Museum, London Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London
Sheesh Mahal Museum, Patiala, India Not publicly held
Remarks KBE CB CMG DSO MSM * Elected by the regiment None

CO CORK, IRELAND

Name Frederick Daniel,
PARSLOW
John,
SULLIVAN


Rank Master ( Lieutenant Royal Navy ) Chief Boatswain's Mate

Force Mercantile Marine
( Royal Naval Reserve )
Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )

VC won Atlantic Ocean off Ireland,
4 July 1915 *
Sebastopol, Crimea,
10 April 1855


London Gaz 24 May 1919 24 February 1857

Born Islington, North London,
14 April 1856
Bantry, Co Cork,
19 April 1830


Died 4 July 1915,
HM Horse Transport 'Anglo-Californian'
28 June 1884,
Ballindeasig Farm, Ballyfeard, Co Cork


Grave Cobh Old Church Cemetery, Near Cork
( image courtesy Chris Roche )
Nohoval Cemetery, Co Cork
( headstone erected July 2024 )

Location
of VC
Not publicly held Not piublicly held

Remarks * Following a battle with a U-boat CGM

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