Captain George Boyd-Rochfort VC - 1st Bn, Scots Guards


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

Name Abraham,
BOULGER
George Arthur,
BOYD-ROCHFORT
Thomas,
DUFFY
Thomas,
FLYNN
Rank Lieutenant Colonel Captain Private Drummer
Force 84th Regiment,
( York & Lancaster Regiment )
1st Bn, Scots Guards 1st Madras ( European ) Fusiliers
( Royal Dublin Fusiliers )
64th Regiment,
( North Staffordshire Regiment )
VC won Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
12 July to 25 September 1857
La Bassee Canal, France,
3 August 1915
Relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
26 September 1857
Cawnpore, Indian Mutiny,
28 November 1857
London Gaz 18 June 1858 1 September 1915 18 June 1858 12 April 1859
Born Kilcullin, Co Kildare,
4 September 1835
Middleton Park, Co Westmeath,
1 January 1880
Athlone, Co Westmeath,
1823 / 1824
Athlone, Co Westmeath,
22 December 1839
Died 23 January 1900,
Moate, Co Westmeath
7 August 1940,
Dublin
23 December 1868,
Athlone, Co Westmeath
10 August 1892,
Athlone Workhouse, Co Westmeath
Grave Ballymore Churchyard, Co Westmeath St Michael's Church, Castletown-Geoghegan, Co Westmeath Athlone, Co Westmeath
( identity of burial location not known )
Cornamagh RC Cemetery, Co Westmeath
( buried in Casey plot )
Location
of VC
York & Lancaster Regiment Museum, Rotherham Scots Guards RHQ, Wellington Barracks, London National Army Museum, London Not publicly held
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