Hospital Apprentice Andrew Fitzgibbon VC - Bengal Subordinate Medical Service


VICTORIA CROSS GRAVES NOT MARKED - INDIA ( A to K )

Private Died 24 September 1857, Alumbagh, Lucknow
Killed in action at the Alumbagh, Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny
Presumed buried where he fell, therefore, grave not marked
John
ALEXANDER
Cameronians

Cornet Died 6 April 1858, Lucknow
Exact burial location in the Lucknow area not known
No trace of Bankes' death in the Lucknow burial returns
William
BANKES
7th Hussars

Private Died 1 December 1880, Poona ( Pune ), India
St Patrick's Churchyard, Poona, India
Ref: N / 3 / 54 / 235, Grave not marked
There is no record of a headstone being erected in the burial records
James
BERGIN
Duke of Wellington's Reg

Captain Died 28 March 1859, Cawnpore, India
Old British Cemetery, Cawnpore, India
Grave not marked
A headstone erected to Blair is believed now missing
Robert
BLAIR
2nd Dragoon Guards

Sergeant Died 21 May 1859, Lucknow, India
Other sources show died 4 June 1892
Burial place not known owing to inconsistencies regarding Coleman's
dates of birth and death
John
COLEMAN
QORW Kent Reg

Private Died c.1864
Believed to have drowned in the River Ravi, Punjab, India
No trace in death / burial records from 1859 to 1874 in Presidency returns
Therefore, presumably his body was not recovered from the river
Walter
COOK
Black Watch

Quartermaster Sergeant Died 31 August 1865, Secunderabad, India
Secunderabad Cemetery
Records do not indicate if a headstone ever existed
Grave not marked
John
FARRELL
17th Lancers

Gunner Died c.1884, India
Exact burial location not known, but believed in the Ghaziabad area
India House quarterly returns show nothing for five years either side of 1884
Fitzgerald's Victoria Cross was purchased from a Spink circular in February 1898.
Had Fitzgerald returned to England to be able to sell his Victoria Cross
Richard
FITZGERALD
Bengal Horse Artillery

Hospital Apprentice Died 7 March 1883, Delhi, India
Old Delhi Military Cemetery
Grave not marked
Records do not indicate if a headstone ever existed
Andrew
FITZGIBBON
Bengal Medical Service

Lieutenant Died 24 October 1858, Morar, India
Artillery Lines Cemetery, Gwalior, India
Grave not marked
Memorial plaque in Old Garrison Church ( Christ Church ), Morar
Peter
GILL
Ludhiana Regiment

Lieutenant Died 29 October 1886, Calcutta, India
Barrackpore New Cemetery, Calcutta
Grave not marked
Henry
HARTIGAN
9th Lancers

Private Died 14 August 1858, Fyzabad, India
Exact burial location not known, therefore, grave not marked
No trace of Hawkes in India Office Presidency quarterly burial returns
from 1858 to 1868
David
HAWKES
Rifle Brigade

Sergeant Died 21 February 1863, Meerut, India
St John's Cemetery, Meerut Cantonment
Cemetery gates and walls survive, most headstones have been cleared
Grave not marked
Samuel
HILL
Cameronians

Private Died 2 October 1862, Mooltan, India
Mooltan Cemetery
Ref: N / 1 / 102 / 436, grave not marked
James
KENNY
King's Shropshire L. I.

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Iain Stewart, 2 May 2012