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paragraph: Alessandro Nannini

paragraph: Alessandro "Sandro" Nannini (born 7 July 1959) is a former racing driver from Italy. He is the younger brother of rock-singer Gianna Nannini. His five-year F1 career resulted in a win but ended after a 1990 helicopter crash severed his right forearm.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Nannini was born in Siena. He began racing in a Lancia Stratos at national rally events before switching to Formula Italia in 1981. From 1982 to 1984, he raced for Minardi in Formula 2, attracting some attention for his speed in the uncompetitive car. Though his best season saw him only seventh overall in 1983, he was signed by Lancia to drive their fast but fragile LC2 prototype in the World Sportscar Championship, setting fastest lap at the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans where he finished eighth with Bob Wollek, and later that year winning the 1984 1000 km of Kyalami with Riccardo Patrese. For 1985, Giancarlo Minardi wanted Nannini to drive his new Formula One car, but Nannini was controversially denied an FIA Super Licence with his former F2 teammate Pierluigi Martini taking the drive instead. Nannini continued with Lancia instead, his best result being third in the 1000km Monza.

paragraph: For 1986, Nannini was finally granted a Super Licence and signed up with Minardi's Grand Prix team, where he stayed until 1987. The car was uncompetitive and unreliable (Nannini was classified only four times from 30 starts with the team), largely due to its disappointing Motori Moderni V6 engine. However, Nannini's speed was noticed by many, especially after he largely outperformed experienced teammate Andrea de Cesaris in 1986.

paragraph: Benetton signed Nannini for 1988 to drive alongside Thierry Boutsen. He generally performed very well, often out-pacing the highly regarded Belgian if not matching his consistency. He scored his first point in his second race for the team and took two third places on his way to tenth overall in the championship.

paragraph: With Boutsen leaving for Williams Nannini was promoted to team leader at Benetton alongside young Englishman Johnny Herbert and delivered a number of strong performances, especially at Suzuka. There he lay third behind the two McLaren cars of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost when they collided, giving Nannini the lead. Prost retired whereas Senna rejoined after being push-started and pitted to replace his front wing, trailing Nannini in the race. Nannini was eventually passed by Senna who went on to cross the finish line first, however, the Brazilian was subsequently disqualified for missing the chicane following his collision with Prost. The disqualification handed Nannini what proved to be his only Formula One win. He rounded off the season with an impressive second place in torrential rain at Adelaide, moving him to sixth overall in the championship.

paragraph: For 1990, he was joined in the team by Nelson Piquet and reverted to being the number two driver. However, he impressed by largely matching the pace of the three-times World Champion. At Hockenheim he led the race by deciding against stopping for tyres, resisting Senna for 16 laps before fading grip dropped him to second. He also challenged at the following Hungarian Grand Prix, hounding leader Boutsen until being controversially pushed off by the following Senna.

paragraph: On 12 October 1990, the week after the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix, where he had finished third, Nannini was involved in a helicopter crash over his Siena wineyard, suffering a severed right forearm. The injury healed thanks to microsurgery but it ended his Formula One career. Nannini had been reconfirmed by Benetton for 1991 but Ferrari had a long-standing interest in the driver and were considering him as a replacement for the departing Nigel Mansell.

paragraph: Once sufficiently recovered, Ferrari offered Nannini a test drive on its private Fiorano Circuit in 1992. Nannini completed a total of 38 laps driving Jean Alesi's Ferrari F92A, which featured a specially modified steering wheel. In 1996, Benetton's Flavio Briatore also honoured the promise of a test drive, which took place at Estoril aboard a B196.

paragraph: Despite only regaining partial use of his right hand, Nannini was able to carve out a career in touring car racing with Alfa Romeo in the 1990s, placing fourth overall in the 1994 DTM championship and third in the 1996 International Touring Car Championship.

paragraph: Nannini competed for Mercedes in the 1997 FIA GT Championship, finishing sixth overall, before hanging up his helmet. He now runs a chain of upmarket cafes bearing his name, with branches as far flung as Indonesia.

paragraph: 2007 saw Nannini's return to the track after a decade in retirement. He agreed to take part in the short-lived Grand Prix Masters championship for Formula One veterans, alongside drivers including his former Benetton teammate Johnny Herbert.

paragraph: He is a member of the Italy–USA Foundation.

paragraph: Nannini's nephew Matteo Nannini is also a racing driver, currently racing at Formula 4 level.

paragraph: Section::::Racing record.

paragraph: Section::::Racing record.:Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results.

paragraph: BULLET::::- † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alessandro Nannini's full biography at 8W

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caffe Nannini official website

description: Italian racecar driver

wikidata_label: Alessandro Nannini

wikipedia_title: Alessandro Nannini


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paragraph: David Lauder

paragraph: David Ross Lauder VC (31 January 1894 – 4 June 1972) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Lauder was 21 years old, and a private in the 1/4th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 13 August 1915 at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey, Private Lauder was with a bombing party retaking a sap when he threw a bomb which failed to clear the parapet and fell amongst the bombing party. There was no time to smother the bomb and Private Lauder at once put his foot on it, thereby localizing the explosion. His foot was blown off, but the remainder of the party escaped unhurt.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- VCs of the First World War - Gallipoli (Stephen Snelling, 1995)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Glasgow)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: David Ross Lauder

wikipedia_title: David Lauder


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categories: Porsche Supercup drivers,1964 births,People from the Province of Brescia,Italian racing drivers,Arrows Formula One drivers,Italian Formula One drivers,Scuderia Italia Formula One drivers,Osella Formula One drivers,Italian Formula Three Championship drivers,American Le Mans Series drivers,European Le Mans Series drivers,24 Hours of Le Mans drivers,World Sportscar Championship drivers,Grand Prix Masters drivers,24 Hours of Spa drivers,Living people,Andrea Moda Formula One drivers,24 Hours of Daytona drivers

paragraph: Alex Caffi

paragraph: Alessandro "Alex" Caffi (born 18 March 1964) is an Italian racing driver, former Formula One driver, and team owner. He participated in 75 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 September 1986. In 2006 he raced in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired Formula One drivers. He currently serves as the team owner of NASCAR Whelen Euro Series team Alex Caffi Motorsport, occasionally doing owner-driver duties as well.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Caffi was born in Rovato (province of Brescia), in Northern Italy. He spent three years in Italian Formula Three from 1984 to 1986, finishing runner-up in 1984 and 1985, then third in 1986. 1986 also saw him land a one-off drive with the Osella Formula One team.

paragraph: Section::::Formula One career.

paragraph: Section::::Formula One career.:1980s.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986

paragraph: Caffi was handed his Formula One debut by Osella, at his, and the team's home race, the Italian Grand Prix, in place of Canadian Allen Berg. Qualifying 27th and last in his FA1H (because of a quirk where for this race, and the following one in Portugal, 27 cars were allowed to start) Caffi drove sensibly and steadily to stay out of trouble and come home last of the runners, albeit six laps down and unclassified.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1987

paragraph: Osella were impressed by his sensible approach, and signed him for a full season in 1987. The Alfa Romeo-powered FA1I was uncompetitive and unreliable; Caffi finished no races out of 16 and failed to qualify twice, though he was classified once. At the opening round, the Brazilian Grand Prix, Caffi retired after 21 laps due to exhaustion as the heat and physically demanding nature of the car proved too much.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988

paragraph: 1988 saw Caffi switch to the new Scuderia Italia team. Early season form was thin. Their challenger for the season, the Dallara built and Ford-Cosworth powered F188 wasn't ready for the first race in Brazil, so to fulfil the championship's requirements of entering every race, a modified Formula 3000 car, the 3087, was used as a stop-gap. Not surprisingly, Caffi failed to pre-qualify.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989

paragraph: Scuderia Italia expanded to a two-car outfit for the 1989 season, with fellow Italian Andrea de Cesaris in the second Pirelli shod F189. As with the previous year, Caffi failed to pre-qualify for the opening round in Brazil, but San Marino, next on the calendar, saw Caffi qualify 9th and finish just outside the points in 7th.

paragraph: Section::::Formula One career.:1990s.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990

paragraph: Caffi, by now gaining a reputation as a promising talent, was tempted to Arrows for 1990 as Japan's Footwork Corporation were investing in the team throughout the year (to the extent that Arrows was renamed Footwork from 1991 to 1996) and Porsche had agreed to supply engines to the squad. Caffi was signed to drive the second A11 alongside another Italian, 1985 World Drivers' Championship runner-up Michele Alboreto.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991

paragraph: As Caffi's career gradually rose in stock throughout the previous year, 1991 looked promising for the Italian. Unfortunately, the season turned out to be anything but. The Porsche 3512 V12 was cumbersome and underpowered, whilst both cars, the A11C and the FA12 were little better.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992

paragraph: Footwork signed Aguri Suzuki to partner Michele Alboreto ahead of the 1992 season and Caffi was, rather abruptly, shown the door. With little time to find a drive, and most seats taken, he had no option but to sign for the new Andrea Moda team, alongside Italian Enrico Bertaggia. The team, owned by shoe-magnate and playboy Andrea Sassetti, had bought out the Coloni squad in 1991 and planned to use their C4 chassis with Judd V10 power for the new season.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: After F1 he raced on and off in sports and touring cars, mainly in the United States, where in 1998 he had an IRL test at Pikes Peak Raceway. After a brief career in Spanish and Italian Touring Cars, Caffi found his niche in sportscars, racing in GTs, FIA Sportscar, and ALMS. He returned to International motorsport in the IRC Rally Monte-Carlo 2011, driving a Skoda Fabia S2000. 25 years after his Formula 1 career Italian Alex Caffi won on the streets of the Principality during the Monaco Grand Prix Historique 2016. Caffi was one of the high-profile winners during the 10th running of the GP Historique when he guided the Kessel Racing Ensign N176 to victory in the Pre 1977 3-litre F1 race. He currently owns Alex Caffi Motorsport, a racing team that currently competes in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, fielding the cars #1 Ford Mustang, #2 Chevrolet Camaro, and #27 Ford Mustang in both Elite 1 and Elite 2.

paragraph: When he is not racing he is an instructor at the official Subaru Italia safety driving and racing school.

paragraph: Section::::Racing record.

paragraph: Section::::Racing record.:Complete NASCAR results.:Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1.

paragraph: Season still in progress.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official site

description: racecar driver

wikidata_label: Alex Caffi

wikipedia_title: Alex Caffi


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categories: 19th-century Irish people,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,1876 deaths,Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from Nenagh,1820 births,Irish soldiers in the British Army,9th Queen's Royal Lancers soldiers

paragraph: Patrick Donohoe

paragraph: Patrick Donohoe VC (1820 – 16 August 1876) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: He was approximately 37 years old and a private in the 9th Lancers, British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 28 September 1857, at Bolandshahr, India, for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: Born at Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. He died at Ashbourne, County Meath, on 16 August 1876.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Listed in order of publication year

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Irish Sword (Brian Clarke, 1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ireland's VCs (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Co. Meath, Ireland)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Patrick Donohoe

wikipedia_title: Patrick Donohoe


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text: Scotland's Forgotten Valour

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paragraph: Donald MacKintosh (VC)

paragraph: Donald MacKintosh VC (7 February 1896 – 11 April 1917) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born in Glasgow on 7 February 1896, the son of Dr Donald James MacKintosh FRSE and his wife Margaret Fullarton. He and his mother went to live in Moffat while his father served in the Boer War, and he was then educated at St Ninian's Preparatory School, Moffat. When the family returned to Glasgow he attended Glasgow Academy.

paragraph: He was then sent as a boarder to Fettes College in Edinburgh. Intending to study Medicine at Glasgow University his plans were disrupted by the First World War and he instead enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps where he was posted to the 3rd Scottish General Hospital and quickly rose to Acting Serveant. In February 1915 he received his commission and joined the Seaforth Highlanders. Sent to France he was severely wounded on 21 March 1916 and after treatment at Le Touquet Hospital was sent home to Britain for hospital care. He returned to his battalion in July 1916.

paragraph: He was 21 years old, and a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's), British Army during the Battle of Arras when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 11 April 1917 north of Fampoux, France, during the initial advance, Lieutenant Mackintosh was shot through the right leg, but although crippled, continued to lead his men, and captured the trench. He then collected men of another company who had lost their leader and drove back a counter-attack, when he was again wounded and although unable to stand, nevertheless continued to control the situation. With only 15 men left he ordered them to be ready to advance to the final objective and with great difficulty got out of the trench, encouraging them to advance. He was wounded yet again and fell.

paragraph: He is buried in grave II.C.49 in Brown's Copse Cemetery near the village of Rouex, just north-east of Arras.

paragraph: Section::::Memorials.

paragraph: His dying moments are immortalised in Fettes College's War memorial, which features a statue of him urging his men onwards and bears the legend "Carry on".

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Highlanders Museum (Queen's Own Highlanders Collection), Fort George, Scotland

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

description: recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Donald MacKintosh

wikipedia_title: Donald MacKintosh (VC)


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categories: 1955 births,Sportspeople from Milan,Toleman Formula One drivers,Italian racing drivers,Italian Formula One drivers,European Formula Two Championship drivers,24 Hours of Le Mans drivers,Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year,Brabham Formula One drivers,Indianapolis 500 polesitters,Champ Car drivers,Living people,Indianapolis 500 drivers,Benetton Formula One drivers

paragraph: Teo Fabi

paragraph: Teodorico Fabi (born 9 March 1955) is an Italian former racing driver. He competed in Formula One and sports car racing, and claimed pole position in his rookie year at the 1983 Indianapolis 500. Teo is the older brother of former Formula One driver Corrado Fabi.

paragraph: At the 1984 Indianapolis 500, Fabi became the last active Formula One driver to race at the event until Fernando Alonso in 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Early racing.

paragraph: Fabi was European Karting Champion in 1975 and followed that up with the European Formula Ford 1600 title in 1977.

paragraph: Section::::Open wheel racing.

paragraph: Section::::Open wheel racing.:Formula car racing.:European Formula Three.

paragraph: Fabi competed in European Formula Three in 1978 for Forti Corse in a March-Toyota. He contested seven races for wins at Circuit Zolder, Dijon-Prenois and Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi. He finished fourth in points with 45.

paragraph: Section::::Open wheel racing.:Formula car racing.:European Formula Two.

paragraph: Fabi then competed in European Formula Two in 1979 for March Racing in a March 792-BMW. His best finish was second at Circuit Park Zandvoort. He scored 13 points overall.

paragraph: Fabi returned to the series in 1980 for the ICI Roloil Racing Team in a March 802-BMW. He scored three wins, at the Jim Clark Rennen at Hockenheimring, the Eifelrennen at Nürburgring and the Preis Baden-Württemberg at Hockenheimring. He qualified on pole at the Grote Prijs van België Formel 2 at Circuit Zolder and the Preis Baden-Württemberg at Hockenheimring, and set fastest lap in the latter on the way to a victory. Fabi ended the season third in points, with 38 points.

paragraph: Section::::Open wheel racing.:Formula car racing.:Formula One.

paragraph: Fabi moved to Formula One in 1982, driving the No. 36 Candy Toleman TG181C-Hart 415T. The team had only qualified twice the previous year, and the season got off to a difficult start when the season-opening South African Grand Prix was disrupted by a drivers' strike. Under pressure from Toleman manager Alex Hawkinge, Fabi was the only driver to break the strike (Jochen Mass took no part from the start). His place was then jeopardised when Candy switched support to Tyrrell, but he saw out the season. The TG181C was uncompetitive and the team largely focused on lead driver Derek Warwick. This resulted in Fabi only qualifying for six races out of a possible 14. He qualified for the San Marino Grand Prix, due to the FISA–FOCA war which meant that only 14 cars attempted to qualify for the race. In the race Fabi finished seventh, eight laps down. Fabi qualified for the Belgian Grand Prix, starting and finishing twenty-first. He then failed to qualify at the Monaco Grand Prix before skipping both the Detroit Grand Prix and the Canadian Grand Prix. He failed to qualify at the German Grand Prix and the Caesars Palace Grand Prix. His best finish in the remaining races was twentieth at the Austrian Grand Prix, and he left Formula One at the end of the season.

paragraph: Fabi's Indy car season in 1983 rekindled Formula One teams' interest. With help from Italian dairy company Parmalat, which insisted on having an Italian driver in the team, he joined MRD International in 1984 to drive the No. 2 MRD International Brabham BT53-BMW M12 as the number two driver to reigning World Champion Nelson Piquet. He also continued to drive in the CART/PPG World Series for Forsythe Racing and missed three Grands Prix. In those races his younger brother, Corrado Fabi, drove in his place. The mixed approach led to disappointing results in both categories and mid-season saw Fabi decide to concentrate solely on Formula One. Prior to the change, Fabi's best finish was ninth at the 1984 French Grand Prix and his best start was a sixth at the South African Grand Prix. His performances improved, including a strong run at Italian Grand Prix where he ran second behind Piquet in the first half of the race before retiring with engine failure, the major problem for Brabham during the year. Fabi scored points on three occasions, with a best finish of third at the Detroit Grand Prix and was twelfth in points with nine.

paragraph: Brabham dropped Fabi for 1985 and he initially struggled to find a team. His profile in Italy allowed him to rejoin Toleman (now heavily sponsored by the Benetton Group) when they belatedly joined the championship at the Monaco Grand Prix. Fabi drove the No. 19 Toleman Motorsports Group Toleman TG185-Hart 415T. The season got off to a late start because Toleman had lost their supply of tyres when Michelin pulled out of F1 at the end of 1984. They could not access Goodyear tyres and Pirelli would not supply them as they had broken a contract with the Italian company in mid-1984 and gone with Michelin. Benetton bought both Toleman and the Spirit team and transferred Spirit's Pirelli contract to Toleman. The late start meant the TG185 was never truly reliable, but Fabi's speed lead to the marque's only pole position, at the German Grand Prix, at the new Nürburgring. Fabi's race was ruined when a slipping clutch meant he was well down the order at the end of the first lap. The team failed to score any points and Fabi only finished twice (even these races were disrupted by mechanical problems). In 1980, World Champion Alan Jones, who also used a Hart engine in his Haas Lola, late in the season described it as "sending a boy to do a man's job" in F1 against the likes of Renault, Ferrari, BMW, Honda and TAG-Porsche. Fabi's best finish was twelfth at the Italian Grand Prix and he would again go unranked due to not scoring points.

paragraph: Fabi drove for Benetton Formula in the No. 19 Benetton B186-BMW M12 after Toleman were fully taken over before the season to become Benetton, with powerful ( qualifying) engines, and talented young Austrian Gerhard Berger joining. The Benetton was fast but fragile with difficult Pirelli tyres and Fabi often qualified better than he raced. He managed pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix but his best finish was fifth at the Spanish Grand Prix. He gain a reputation for being most competitive on faster circuits and struggling on slower, more technical courses. Both pole positions were at the two fastest circuits on the 1986 calendar, the Österreichring and the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. He ended the season fifteenth in points.

paragraph: Fabi returned to Benetton Formula in 1987 to drive the No. 19 B187-Ford Cosworth GBA V6 and was joined by Thierry Boutsen. While the package was not as fast, it was more consistent, allowing him to score points on five occasions. The Ford V6 suffered from unreliability early in the season due to the use of higher turbo boost in an effort to keep up with the Honda-powered cars from Williams and Lotus and the TAG-engined McLarens. When the boost was reduced from around mid-year, reliability returned but speed was sacrificed. Fabi had a best finish of third, at the Austrian Grand Prix, held at one of Fabi's favourite tracks, the Österreichring. During the season Benetton signed young Italian charger Alessandro Nannini, for the 1988 season to partner Boutsen. In Fabi's final Formula One race, at the Australian Grand Prix, he took his frustration of not being able to find a drive for 1988 out on Boutsen, spending many laps deliberately blocking his teammate and not letting himself be lapped despite the blue flags and orders from the team to move over. When Boutsen confronted Fabi after the race, the Italian angrily told him to "come back and see me when you have a pole position". (Boutsen was third in this race, and ended his career following the 1993 season with three wins and one pole position). Fabi ended the season ranked a career-best ninth.

paragraph: Fabi competed in 71 Formula One Grands Prix. He scored three pole positions, two fastest laps and two thirds in his career, scoring a total of 23 points.

paragraph: Section::::Open wheel racing.:Indy car racing.:Champ Car World Series.

paragraph: Fabi joined the CART/PPG World Series in 1983 for Forsythe Racing in the No. 33 Skoal Bandit March 83C-Cosworth DFX. He made his Indy car debut at the Kraco Dixie 200 at Atlanta International Speedway, starting ninth and finishing twentieth after retiring after 41 laps due to suspension failure.

paragraph: At the Indianapolis 500 Fabi qualified on pole with a track record speed of 207.395 mph for four laps, and a one-lap record of 208.049 mph. In the process he became the first rookie to qualify on the pole position since Walt Faulkner in 1950. He led 23 of the first 47 laps before retiring during his second pit stop due to a broken fuel filter. Fabi was credited with twenty-sixth place and won the rookie of the year award. Fabi then qualified with pole position at the Dana Rex Mays Classic at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds Park Speedway and finished fourth. He won the Domino's Pizza 500 at Pocono International Raceway and then the Escort Radar Warnings 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He moved into second place in the championship behind veteran Al Unser, Sr.. He then won the Cribari Wines 300K at Laguna Seca Raceway and the championship was decided at the season-ending Miller High Life 150 at Phoenix International Raceway Fabi won pole position, led 138 of 150 laps and won the race to score 22 points. Unser finished fourth for 16 points and took the championship. Fabi won the series' rookie of the year award.

paragraph: In 1984 Fabi returned with Forsythe Racing in their No. 33 Skoal Bandit March 84C-Cosworth DFX. He qualified third at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and was second at the Dana Jimmy Bryan 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. He was eighteenth and nineteenth due to a crash at Long Beach and a blown engine at Phoenix. At the Indianapolis 500 Fabi qualified fourteenth and retired in twenty-fourth place due to a fuel system failure after 104 laps and leading for 14 laps. His best finish was third at the Stroh's/G.I. Joe's 200 at Portland International Raceway. Following the Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix Fabi left Indy car racing to concentrate on the Formula One season. Fabi ended his partial season twenty-fifth in points.

paragraph: Fabi returned to Indy car racing in 1988 with Porsche Motorsports in their No. 8 Quaker State March 88P-Porsche Indy V8. The Porsche engine was less competitive than the Ilmor-Chevrolet and Cosworth engines. Despite the setbacks Fabi managed a best finish of fourth at the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Pennsylvania International Raceway. Fabi's return to the Indianapolis 500 was also a disappointment as he qualified seventeenth and finished thirtieth after losing a wheel after 30 laps. He ended the season ranked tenth with 44 points.

paragraph: In 1989 Fabi drove the No. 8 Quaker State March 89P-Porsche Indy V8. The engine and team began to compete regularly for wins with Fabi qualifying on pole at the Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 at Portland International Raceway and the Red Roof Inns 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course where he led for 71 of 84 laps to get what would be his last Indy car victory. The engine also began to be competitive on the ovals, as highlighted by a second at the Marlboro 500 at Michigan International Speedway and a third at the Pocono 500 at Pocono International Raceway. At the Indianapolis 500 Fabi qualified thirteenth and again finished thirtieth after retiring due to ignition problems after 23 laps. After his Mid-Ohio victory Fabi moved into third place in points. At the final two races of the season, the Firestone Indy 225 at Pennsylvania International Raceway and the Champion Spark Plug 300K at Laguna Seca Raceway, Fabi retired due to handling issues at Nazareth and a crash at Laguna Seca. At the end of the season he was fourth with 141 points.

paragraph: Fabi returned with Porsche Motorsports in 1990 to drive their No. 4 Foster's-Quaker State March 90P-Porsche Indy V8. Prior to the start of the season Porsche was going to build an all carbon fibre chassis with their constructor, March Engineering. In January, Porsche's competitors voted against the use of the car and as a result Porsche had to use the year-old March 89P chassis. Fabi qualified seventh at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the but finished tenth. A new March 90P was used at the Indianapolis 500 and Fabi started twenty-third and retired in eighteenth due to transmission problems after 162 laps. Fabi later qualified on pole position for the Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Denver.He led one lap but crashed after seven laps and finished twenty-seventh. Fabi achieved a best finish of third, at the Marlboro Grand Prix at the Meadowlands, at Meadowlands Sports Complex, and ended the season fourteenth in points. At the end of the season Porsche withdrew from Indy car racing so Fabi moved to the World Sportscar Championship in 1991 and won the championship.

paragraph: In 1992 Fabi drove at the ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit at Belle Isle Park to substitute for Mario Andretti who suffered injuries at the Indianapolis 500. He drove for Newman-Haas Racing in their No. 2 Texaco Havoline/K Mart Lola T92/00-Ford Cosworth XB. He qualified third and finished sixth.

paragraph: Fabi moved to Hall VDS Racing for 1993 in the No. 8 Pennzoil Lola T93/00-Ilmor-Chevrolet Indy V8 265C, achieving a best finish of fourth at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. After the race Fabi was third in points, 10 points out of the lead behind Nigel Mansell and Mario Andretti. At the Indianapolis 500 Fabi started seventeenth and finished ninth. After Long Beach his best finish was sixth, at the Marlboro 500, at Michigan International Speedway. Fabi ended up eleventh with 64 points.

paragraph: For 1994 Fabi drove for the re-organized Hall Racing (VDS Racing withdrew from the team following 1993) in the No. 11 Pennzoil Reynard 94i-Ilmor Indy V8. During the season Fabi's best finishes were a trio of thirds, at the ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, the Marlboro 500 at Michigan International Speedway and the Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America. Fabi qualified twenty-fourth for the Indianapolis 500 and finished seventh, his best result in the race. He was ninth in points with 79.

paragraph: In 1995 Fabi returned with Forsythe Racing in the No. 33 Combustion Engineering/Indeck Reynard 95i-Ford Cosworth XB. He had a best finish of third, at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach]]. At the Indianapolis 500 Fabi started fifteenth and finished eighth. Fabi won pole at the Miller Genuine Draft 200 at the Milwaukee Mile, led for 27 laps but finished fourth, two laps down. At the New England 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Fabi qualified second and led for 42 laps, only to finish twelfth, four laps down. He also started second at the Marlboro 500 at Michigan International Speedway, and finished fourth. He ended the season ninth with 83 points.

paragraph: Fabi was unable to get a car to drive for 1996 as Forsythe Racing hired Indy Lights driver Greg Moore. He was to drive for PacWest Racing in their No. 18 Motorola Reynard 96i-Ford Cosworth XD to replace Mark Blundell, who was injured at the IndyCar Rio 400 at Autódromo de Jacarepaguá. He did compete in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway. In both races he qualified nineteenth, and finished eighteenth at Long Beach. Blundell returned for the U.S. 500 at Michigan International Speedway and Fabi was withdrawn from the car. Fabi scored no points for the first time in his career and finished thirty-sixth.

paragraph: Section::::Sports car racing.

paragraph: Section::::Sports car racing.:Can-Am.

paragraph: Fabi competed in Can-Am in 1981 for Newman Freeman Racing in their No. 6 Budweiser March 817-Chevrolet V8. He took four wins, at Mosport Park (twice), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Laguna Seca Raceway. He finish second in points with 456 points.

paragraph: Section::::Sports car racing.:World Sportscar Championship.

paragraph: Fabi began competing in the World Sportscar Championship in 1980 for Scuderia Lancia Corse in the No. 51 Lancia Beta Monte Carlo-Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4 for the Group 5 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Hans Heyer and Bernard Darniche. In the race, the car started twenty-sixth but retired after six laps with oil pump failure.

paragraph: He returned to the series in 1982 for Martini Racing in the No. 51 Lancia LC1-Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4. Fabi would win the 1000km of Nürburgring at the Nürburgring with Michele Alboreto and Riccardo Patrese. Fabi also competed in the Group 6 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same car with Alboreto and Rolf Stommelen. The car qualified fourth but finished thirty-fourth after retiring on their ninety-second lap due to engine failure. He ended the season ranked fourth with 66 points.

paragraph: In 1983 Fabi drove the No. 4 Martini Porsche 956 in the No. 4 Lancia LC2-Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8. He won the 1000km of Imola at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari with Hans Heyer. The team eventually had involvement from Lancia and the car became a Lancia LC2-Lancia 268C 2.6L Turbo V8 and he drove this car in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Michele Alboreto and Alessandro Nannini in the C Class. The car started second but finished forty-sixth after retiring after 27 laps with gearbox failure. Fabi then drove the team's second car, No. 5 which started fourth and finished thirty-sixth after retiring after 121 laps due to fuel pressure problems. Fabi's win at Imola did not count towards the World Endurance Championship for Drivers and as a result he was unranked in the championship.

paragraph: After the 1990 IndyCar season proved to be a backward step he returned to the series in 1991 with Tom Walkinshaw Racing/Silk Cut Jaguar in the No. 34 Jaguar XJR-12 and Jaguar XJR-14. Fabi won the Castrol BRDC Empire Trophy at the Silverstone Circuit with Derek Warwick. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the team's Jaguar XJR-12-Jaguar 7.4L V12 with Bob Wollek and Kenny Acheson for the C2 class. In the race the car started twenty-seventh and finished third with 358 laps complete. Fabi went on to win the World Endurance Championship for Drivers with 86 points.

paragraph: Fabi competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Toyota Team Tom's in the No. 8 Toyota TS010-Toyota RV10 3.5L V10 with Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace in the C1 Class. They started fourth and finished eighth, with 331 laps completed, and fifth in class. Fabi ended the season twenty-seventh in points with eight points.

paragraph: Section::::Sports car racing.:1993 24 Hours of Le Mans.

paragraph: The 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans was held without a championship for points to go to after the collapse of the World Sportscar Championship and as a result the race was run as a standalone event. Fabi drove for Peugeot Talbot Sport in their No. 1 Peugeot 905 Evo 1B-Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10 with Thierry Boutsen and Yannick Dalmas in the C1 Class. They started and finished second overall, with 374 points, and were also second in class.

paragraph: Section::::Racing record.

paragraph: Section::::Racing record.:Complete Formula One results.

paragraph: Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile, grandprix.com

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Teodorico Fabi
Teodorico "Teo" Fabi

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paragraph: George Jarratt

paragraph: George Jarratt VC (20 July 1891 – 3 May 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::World War I.

paragraph: Jarratt was awarded the VC for a deed which took place when he was 25 years old on 3 May 1917 near Pelves, France. He was a corporal in the 8th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War.

paragraph: Section::::World War I.:Citation.

paragraph: Jarratt's wife Gertrude and their daughter Joyce received his medal from the King on 21 July 1917. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Fusiliers Museum in the Tower of London.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Royal Fusiliers Recipients of the Victoria Cross

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stockwell War Memorial

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paragraph: Angus Douglas-Hamilton

paragraph: Lieutenant-Colonel Angus Falconar Douglas-Hamilton VC (20 August 1863 – 26 September 1915) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Born at Brighton in 1863, he was the son of Major General Octavius Douglas-Hamilton and Katherine Macleod, and a great-great-grandson of Lt.Gen.James Douglas-Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon. Douglas-Hamilton was educated at Foster's Naval Preparatory School, and latterly at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

paragraph: Having been commissioned into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in 1884, he served in the Sudan, Gibraltar, Malta, South Africa, North China, and India, attaining the rank of major by 1901. He retired in 1912, whilst remaining on the army's reserve list.

paragraph: Section::::First World War.

paragraph: In August 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, he was 50 years old. Recalled, and promoted to a temporary Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Reserve of Officers, British Army, commanding the 6th Battalion, the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 25–26 September 1915 during operations on Hill 70 at the Battle of Loos, France, Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas-Hamilton, when the battalions on his right and left had retired, rallied his own battalion again and again and led his men forward four times. The last time he led all that remained, about 50 men, in a most gallant manner, and was killed at their head. It was due to his bravery, and splendid leadership that the line at this point was able to check the enemy's advance.

paragraph: He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915 (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999)

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton

wikipedia_title: Angus Douglas-Hamilton


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paragraph: William Dowling (VC)

paragraph: William Dowling (1825 – 17 February 1887), born in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Dowling was approximately 32 years old and a private in the 32nd Regiment of Foot (later the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when he was awarded the VC for the following deeds during the Siege of Lucknow:

paragraph: He was later promoted to sergeant and died at Liverpool, 17 February 1887.

paragraph: Section::::The Medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum in Bodmin, Cornwall.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Listed in order of publication year

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ireland's VCs - (Dept of Economic Development 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liverpool VCs (James Murphy, Pen and Sword Books, 2008)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

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wikipedia_title: William Dowling (VC)


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paragraph: John McDermond

paragraph: John McDermond VC (1832 – 22 July 1868) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: McDermond was approximately 22 years old, and a private in the 47th (the Lancashire) Regiment of Foot, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 5 November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea, Private McDermond and Captain Hugh Rowlands saved the life of a Colonel William O'Grady Haly who was lying wounded on the ground surrounded by the enemy. Private McDermond rushed to the rescue and killed the man who had wounded the colonel.

paragraph: There is a painting depicting this event hung in the Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum at Fulwood Barracks, Preston.

paragraph: According to his service record John McDermod was from Clackmannan and was discharged due to injury. He died 19 July 1866 Glasgow, Scotland of typhus. Although only 38 his profession was marked down as "pensioner".

paragraph: It is generally believed that he is buried in Paisley but this may be because a person with the same name died at the poor house there in 1868

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: Of the 16 V.C.'s awarded for actions during the Battle of Inkerman, two are unaccounted for – those won by John McDermond and John Byrne of the 68th Durham Light Infantry, the other 14 being in private collections or museums.

paragraph: It is thought a Victoria Cross medal (missing the suspender bar and ribbon) found by Tobias Neto in the mud of the river Thames in December 2015 could be that of John McDermond or John_Byrne_(VC) - the medal having the date of 5 November 1854 engraved on the reverse.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

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paragraph: Hugh McIver

paragraph: Hugh McIver VC MM & Bar (21 June 1890 – 2 September 1918) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: He was 28 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 23 August 1918 east of Courcelle-le Compte, France, Private McIver was employed as a company-runner and under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire carried messages regardless of his own safety. Single-handed he pursued an enemy scout into a machine-gun post and having killed six of the garrison, captured 20 prisoners and two machine-guns. Later he succeeded, at great personal risk, in stopping the fire of a British tank which was directed in error against our own troops. He was killed in action 10 days later.

paragraph: He was killed in action, near Courcelles, France, on 2 September 1918.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.

paragraph: In 2015, Kier Homes named a street in their Hawkhead Village development in Paisley, Hugh McIver Avenue, in memory of him.

paragraph: Section::::References.

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paragraph: Thomas Alfred Jones

paragraph: Thomas Alfred Jones, VC, DCM (25 December 1880 – 30 January 1956), also known as 'Todger' Jones, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. There is a statue of Jones at Runcorn War Memorial.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Jones was born in Runcorn, Cheshire, on 25 December 1880, and was a private in the 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, British Army during the First World War. He was known affectionately locally as 'Todger' Jones.

paragraph: On 25 September 1916, during the Battle of Morval, Jones performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was with his company covering the advance in front of a village, when he noticed an enemy sniper away. He left his trench on his own, and crossed no man's land without covering fire. Although one bullet went through his helmet and another through his coat, he returned the sniper's fire and killed him. Near the enemy trench, he saw two more Germans firing on him while simultaneously displaying a white flag. Jones shot them both. Upon reaching the enemy trench, he found several occupied dug-outs and single-handedly disarmed 102 Germans. Three or four were officers, and the entire trench was taken by Jones and his comrades.

paragraph: Jones is buried in Runcorn Cemetery and his Victoria Cross is displayed at the Cheshire Military Museum in Chester.

paragraph: Section::::Statue.

paragraph: On 3 August 2014 a statue of Jones was unveiled in the Memorial Garden, Runcorn. Following a ceremony in front of the War Memorial opposite to the garden, the statue was unveiled by four veterans and active servicemen. It is in bronze, and was created by the Scottish sculptor David Annand.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross

paragraph: BULLET::::- VCs of the First World War - The Somme

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wikipedia_title: Thomas Alfred Jones


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
private
The King's (Liverpool) Regiment
British Army
Second Boer War
South Africa
sergeant
World War I
Museum of the King's Regiment
Monuments to Courage
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War
Location of grave and VC medal
The King's Regiment

categories: Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross,British recipients of the Victoria Cross,British Army personnel of the Second Boer War,1875 births,People from Ormskirk,British Army personnel of World War I,King's Regiment (Liverpool) soldiers,1941 deaths

paragraph: William Edward Heaton

paragraph: William Edward Heaton VC (2 January 1875 – 5 June 1941) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Heaton was 25 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at Geluk, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of sergeant and served during World War I.

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the King's Regiment, Liverpool, England.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Lancashire)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- The King's Regiment "(regiment history)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: William Edward Heaton

wikipedia_title: William Edward Heaton


text: VC

text: MC & Bar

text: Victoria Cross

text: Commonwealth

text: Collyhurst

text: Manchester

text: second lieutenant

text: First World War

text: Belgian Croix de guerre

text: Médaille militaire

text: Grand Laurelled Cross of San Fernando

text: Dublin

text: Manchester

text: Xaverian College

text: Moston

text: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

text: Manchester Regiment

text: Duke of Wellington's Regiment

text: Le Sars

text: Belgian Croix de guerre

text: Médaille militaire

text: Asiago

text: A B BEAUMAN

text: Il Montello

text: river Piave

text: Piave

text: Irish National Army

text: Irish Civil War

text: International Brigades

text: Fascists

text: Spanish Civil War

text: Grand Laurelled Cross of San Fernando

text: Cheshire Regiment

text: court martialled

text: Wythenshawe

text: Prestwich

text: Southern Cemetery, Manchester

text: Bankfield Museum

text: Halifax, West Yorkshire

text: Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross

text: Monuments to Courage

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

text: VCs of the First World War - The Somme

text: Manchester military figures

categories: Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium),Recipients of the Military Cross,British Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross,1897 births,Manchester Regiment soldiers,British people of the Spanish Civil War,British Army personnel of World War I,English people of Irish descent,Cheshire Regiment officers,People from Moston, Greater Manchester,1960 deaths,Duke of Wellington's Regiment officers,British Army personnel of World War II

paragraph: Henry Kelly (VC)

paragraph: Major Henry Kelly VC, MC & Bar (10 July 1887 – 18 July 1960) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Kelly was born on 10 July 1887 in Collyhurst, Manchester. He was a temporary second lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment during the First World War at the time of his award of the Victoria Cross in 1916. He was awarded a Military Cross and later a Bar to that medal in Italy in 1918. Other Military awards include the Belgian Croix de guerre, the French Médaille militaire and the Spanish Grand Laurelled Cross of San Fernando.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Henry Kelly was born to Charles Kelly of Dublin and Jane (née McGarry) of Manchester. He was left the oldest of 10 children after his father died in 1904. He was educated at St Patrick's School and Xaverian College, both in Manchester. After moving to King Street in Moston, he was employed as a sorting clerk at the Newton Street sorting office and trained with the 'Manchester Royal Engineers territorial Regiment'. On 5 September 1914, aged 27, he enlisted into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders as a private. He transferred to the Manchester Regiment and became a lance corporal and two weeks later a sergeant major. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 12 May 1915 into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding Regiment). On 29 October 1918 he was awarded the Victoria Cross, and, after being presented with his VC ribbon by the corps commander on 11 September, he was made a temporary lieutenant.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Award of Victoria Cross.

paragraph: On 4 October 1916, when he was 29 years old, he performed an act of bravery at Le Sars, France, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Later he was also awarded the Belgian Croix de guerre and the French Médaille militaire.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Award of Military Cross.

paragraph: In June 1918, as a Captain serving in the 10th Battalion, he saw action in Italy on the Asiago Plateau, where he led a company and a half on a successful raid on 'Ave', to the south of Asiago, on the night of 21–22 June, after which he was awarded the Military Cross.

paragraph: ""For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Ave, on the night of the 21/22nd June, 1918, when in charge of a company and a half in a raid. Despite a bright moon, he successfully assembled his party and attacked, killing a large number of the enemy and capturing thirty-one prisoners and two machine-guns. His gallantry and fine leadership were largely responsible for the success of the raid""

paragraph: "Headquarters 'G'

paragraph: 23rd Division

paragraph: REPORT ON RAID ON AVE CARRIED OUT BY 10TH DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT NIGHT 21/22ND JUNE 1918

paragraph: 1. The raiding party one coy with two platoons in support under CAPT H KELLY, VC formed up without incident and the advance commenced at 11.30pm according to time table.

paragraph: 2. S.AVE was found to be very lightly held (it is possible that the remainder of the garrison fled when the barrage came down) and was quickly mopped up. An Outpost or working party was also met with about 100 yds in front of the front trench. These were mostly killed, the remainder fled, and the advance was in no way delayed.

paragraph: 3. The enemy's front line was entered at 11.40pm on a frontage of 200 yds E of the GUARDINALTI - AVE Road. The trench was found to be very strongly held, a Coy apparently being concentrated for relief.

paragraph: 4. The raiding party was thoroughly imbued with the "spirit of the bayonet" and the greater part of the garrison was wiped out with cold steel after slight resistance. All dugouts were thoroughly bombed. There can be no doubt that the number of enemy killed was very high, even after making full allowance for the impossibility of obtaining really accurate figures. With some difficulty the officers of the party were able to ensure that 31 of the enemy were brought back alive for identification purposes etc. All are convinced that this formed less than a third of the garrison of the trench.

paragraph: 5. One machine gun was captured in good condition. Another was captured but had been so damaged by artillery fire that it was not worth salving. One Flammenwerfer was also obtained.

paragraph: 6. The raiding party returned in good order through the enemy's barrage about 12 midnight without incurring further casualties.

paragraph: 7. Result of raid:

paragraph: Prisoners 31.

paragraph: Enemy killed:

paragraph: Highest estimate 80,

paragraph: Lowest estimate 50,

paragraph: M.G's captured 2,

paragraph: M.G's destroyed 1,

paragraph: Flammenwerfer captured 1.

paragraph: 8. Casualties:

paragraph: Killed 1 other rank.

paragraph: Wounded 1 officer, 18 other ranks.

paragraph: Missing 1 officer, 2 other ranks.

paragraph: sgd. A B BEAUMAN, Brig.Gen

paragraph: Cmdg 69th Infantry Brigade"

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Award of Bar to Military Cross.

paragraph: Kelly was involved in later actions on Il Montello above the river Piave On 27 October 1918 during the Piave he led another successful attack across the Piave, after which he was awarded a bar to his Military Cross.

paragraph: ""On the 27th October, 1918, in the attack in the enemy positions across the Piave, he led his company with greatest dash and gallantry to the capture of all its objectives. His coolness and utter disregard of danger under heavy fire of all description inspired all ranks, and by his skillful leadership his company succeeded in taking many machine-guns and several hundred prisoners.""

paragraph: Kelly left the army in 1920, having been promoted to the rank of Temporary Major and put in charge of a rest camp in France.

paragraph: Section::::Between the wars.

paragraph: Kelly went on to first serve 1922–1923 in the Irish National Army during the Irish Civil War, then joining the 'International Brigades', in 1936, as a foreign volunteer fighting against Fascists in the Spanish Civil War and was ranked Commandente Generale. Here he was awarded the Grand Laurelled Cross of San Fernando.

paragraph: At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, aged 52, he rejoined the British army and served from thence as a lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment. From October 1943 until February 1944 he was placed in charge of the District Claims office of London District, at Curzon Street. He was at that time court martialled and severely reprimanded for making an allegedly false claim for £2 10s. He later resigned his commission and left the army to return to work for the post office.

paragraph: Section::::Post war.

paragraph: Kelly continued to work for the post office and lived in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester. Following a long illness Kelly died, on 18 January 1960, in Prestwich Hospital. He was buried after a private funeral, attended by members of his family and representatives of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), in Southern Cemetery, Manchester.

paragraph: Section::::Medal location.

paragraph: Kelly's Victoria Cross is displayed in The Duke of Wellington's Regimental Museum, located within the Bankfield Museum, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- VCs of the First World War - The Somme (Gerald Gliddon, 1994)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Manchester military figures

description: recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Henry Kelly

wikipedia_title: Henry Kelly (VC)


text: VC

text: English

text: Victoria Cross

text: British

text: Commonwealth

text: Lance-Corporal

text: The Northamptonshire Regiment

text: British Army

text: First World War

text: France

text: Profile

categories: British military personnel killed in World War I,1895 births,Northamptonshire Regiment soldiers,British Army personnel of World War I,People from Herefordshire,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,1918 deaths,British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross

paragraph: Allan Leonard Lewis

paragraph: Allan Leonard Lewis VC (28 February 1895 – 21 September 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Lewis was 23 years old, and a Lance-Corporal in the 6th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 18 September 1918 at Rossnoy, near Lempire, France, Lance-Corporal Lewis was in command of a section on the right of the attacking line, held up by intense machine-gun fire. He saw that two guns were enfilading the line and crawled forward alone, successfully bombed the guns and by rifle fire made the whole team surrender. On 21 September he rushed his company through the enemy barrage, but was killed while getting his men under cover from heavy machine-gun fire.

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: Lance-Corporal Lewis is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois memorial near Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt as he has no known grave.

paragraph: The medal was handed to Lance-Corporal's Lewis's elder brother Frank by their mother. She made him promise that the medal would never be sold as she said that she lost a son, and she considered any profit from it would be blood money. Frank kept the medal in his home until his death. It was then agreed by the children of Frank that as he still had a brother, alive, he could hold the medal for his remaining days and then it was to be placed in a museum, either the regimental or local Hereford. When this brother died, the medal was assumed to be part of his estate and was kept by sole beneficiary of the will. Despite requests from Frank's close family, the medal was not returned and therefore not put into a museum.

paragraph: As the centenary of Allan's sacrifice approaches (September 21st 2018), the A L Lewis VC Memorial Fund "https://www.facebook.com/lewisvcmemorialfund/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel" has been set up. Their purpose is to raise funds to honour him with a life-size bronze statue to stand in the Old Market, Hereford. He remains Herefordshire's only county-born VC recipient.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Allan Leonard Lewis

wikipedia_title: Allan Leonard Lewis


text:
VC
Victoria Cross
Commonwealth
sergeant
1st Madras European Fusiliers
Madras Army
Indian Mutiny
Lucknow
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Ireland's VCs
Monuments to Courage
Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross

categories: 1857 deaths,19th-century Irish people,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,1827 births,Irish soldiers in the British East India Company Army,Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from County Waterford

paragraph: Patrick Mahoney

paragraph: Patrick Mahoney VC (1827 – 30 October 1857) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: He was about 30 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Madras European Fusiliers (later The Royal Dublin Fusiliers), Madras Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: For distinguished gallantry (whilst doing duty with the Volunteer Cavalry) in aiding in the capture of the Regimental Colour of the 1st Regiment Native Infantry, at Mungulwar, on the 21st of September, 1857.

paragraph: He was killed in action at Lucknow, India, on 30 October 1857.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Register of the Victoria Cross" (1981, 1988 and 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ireland's VCs" (Dept of Economic Development 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monuments to Courage" (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross" (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, Four Courts, 2000 )

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Patrick Mahoney

wikipedia_title: Patrick Mahoney


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
boatswain
Royal Navy
Crimean War
Sea of Azov
Crimea
Location of grave and VC medal

categories: Legion of Honour recipients,British recipients of the Victoria Cross,Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross,Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross,British prisoners of war,Royal Navy personnel of the Crimean War,1824 births,Royal Navy sailors,1880 deaths

paragraph: Joseph Kellaway

paragraph: Joseph Kellaway VC (1 September 1824 – 2 October 1880) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Kellaway was 30 years old, and a boatswain third class in the Royal Navy during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 31 August 1855 in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Boatswain Kellaway of HMS "Wrangler", with the mate and three seamen, was put ashore to burn some boats, fishing stations and haystacks on the opposite side of a small lake. They had nearly reached the spot when they were ambushed by 50 Russians. One man fell into their hands, but Mr. Kellaway and the two other seamen had escaped when the mate accidentally fell. Mr. Kellaway immediately returned to help him, but they were surrounded by the enemy and notwithstanding a gallant resistance by Mr. Kellaway they were taken prisoner.

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of chief boatswain.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Kent)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Joseph Kellaway

wikipedia_title: Joseph Kellaway


text: VC

text: English

text: Victoria Cross

text: British

text: Commonwealth

text: sergeant

text: British Army

text: Crimean War

text: Balaclava

text: Crimean Peninsula

text: Charge of the Light Brigade

text: John Farrell

text: Eccles

text: Lancashire

text: 6th Dragoons

text: Riding Master

text: Captain

text: Pinetown

wikipedia_title:
Victoria Cross
England
Victoria Cross
United Kingdom
Commonwealth of Nations
Sergeant
13th Hussars
British Army
Crimean War
Balaklava
Crimea
Charge of the Light Brigade
John Farrell (VC)
Eccles, Greater Manchester
Lancashire
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
Rittmeister
Captain (armed forces)
Pinetown

categories: Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross,13th Hussars soldiers,1883 deaths,British Army personnel of the Crimean War,1833 births,British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross,6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers

paragraph: Joseph Malone (VC)

paragraph: Joseph Malone VC (11 January 1833 – 28 June 1883) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::VC action.

paragraph: He was 21 years old, and a sergeant in the 13th Light Dragoons (later 13th Hussars), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 25 October 1854 at Balaclava, Crimean Peninsula (Charge of the Light Brigade), Sergeant Malone, while returning on foot from the charge, in which his horse had been shot, stopped under very heavy fire and helped a troop sergeant-major (John Berryman) and other sergeant (John Farrell) to move a very severely wounded officer (who subsequently died) out of range of the guns.

paragraph: Section::::Further details.

paragraph: Malone was from Eccles in Lancashire. He later transferred to the 6th Dragoons and in 1858 was commissioned as a Riding Master. In 1881, along with other riding masters, he was granted the honorary rank of Captain.

paragraph: After Crimea Malone found himself with the 6th Dragoons billeted in Pinetown, South Africa. The registers of the Pinetown Library show that Malone borrowed two books on 5 May 1883, but was not able to return because he became ill, and died on 28 June. He is buried in the small cemetery in what was the old St Andrews churchyard off Kings Road. An account of his funeral reads: "His body was brought from the Rugby Hotel on a gun carriage drawn by soldiers, his horse led in front of it, his boots hanging reversed from the saddle, with his sword and knapsack rolled on it, the helmet resting on the coffin. The band played the Dead March and the men moved along the road slowly and majestically to the solemn sounds; and we children were moved to tears with the pathos and marvel of it all."

paragraph: His Victoria Cross, is due to be displayed at Imperial War Museum, London as part of the Lord Ashcroft VC collection.

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Joseph Malone

wikipedia_title: Joseph Malone (VC)


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
corporal
British Army
First World War
Lens
France
Solesmes
France

wikipedia_title:
Victoria Cross
England
Victoria Cross
United Kingdom
Commonwealth of Nations
Corporal
British Army
World War I
Lens, Pas-de-Calais
France
Solesmes, Nord
France

categories: British military personnel killed in World War I,East Surrey Regiment soldiers,British Army personnel of World War I,People from Walton-le-Dale,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,1918 deaths,1887 births

paragraph: John McNamara (VC)

paragraph: John McNamara VC (28 October 1887 – 16 October 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: He was 30 years old, and a corporal in the 9th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

paragraph: On 3 September 1918 north west of Lens, France, when operating a telephone in evacuated enemy trenches occupied by his battalion, Corporal McNamara realised that a determined enemy counter-attack was gaining ground. Rushing to the nearest post, he made very good use of a revolver taken from a wounded officer and then, seizing a Lewis gun, he fired it until it jammed. By this time, he was alone in the post and, having destroyed the telephone, he joined the nearest post and maintained a Lewis gun until reinforcements arrived.

paragraph: He was killed in action near Solesmes, France, on 16 October 1918.

paragraph: Section::::The Medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, in Clandon Park, Surrey.

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: John McNamara

wikipedia_title: John McNamara (VC)


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
able seaman
Royal Navy
Taiping Rebellion
Fenghua
China
quartermaster

wikipedia_title:
Victoria Cross
England
Victoria Cross
United Kingdom
Commonwealth of Nations
Able seaman (rank)
Royal Navy
Taiping Rebellion
Fenghua District
China
Quartermaster

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross,People of the Taiping Rebellion,Royal Navy sailors,1819 births,1904 deaths

paragraph: George Hinckley

paragraph: George Hinckley VC (22 June 1819 – 31 December 1904) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Hinkley was 43 years old, and an able seaman in the Royal Navy serving in the Naval Brigade during the Taiping Rebellion when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 9 October 1862 at Fenghua, China, Able Seaman Hinckley of HMS "Sphinx" volunteered to go to the rescue of the assistant master of the "Sphinx", who was lying in the open severely wounded. The able seaman went out under heavy and continuous fire and carried the assistant master to the shelter of a jess-house away. He then returned and carried a wounded army captain to safety.

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of quartermaster.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sale of VC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Devonshire)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Liverpool VCs" (James Murphy, Pen and Sword Books, 2008)

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: George Hinckley

wikipedia_title: George Hinckley


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
British Army
First World War
private
The Lancashire Fusiliers
British Army
Ficheux
France
corporal

wikipedia_title:
Victoria Cross
England
Victoria Cross
United Kingdom
Commonwealth of Nations
British Army
World War I
Private (rank)
Lancashire Fusiliers
British Army
Ficheux
France
Corporal

categories: People from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester,1895 births,British Army personnel of World War I,Lancashire Fusiliers soldiers,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,1972 deaths

paragraph: James Hutchinson (VC)

paragraph: James Hutchinson VC (9 July 1895 – 22 January 1972) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was serving with the British Army during the First World War at the time of the award.

paragraph: Hutchinson was 20 years old, and a private in the 2/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army on 28 June 1916 when his actions in Ficheux, France earned him the Victoria Cross. His citation reads:

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of corporal.

paragraph: Section::::References.

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: James Hutchinson

wikipedia_title: James Hutchinson (VC)


text: VC

text: KCB

text: Scottish

text: Victoria Cross

text: British

text: Commonwealth

text: surgeon

text: British Army

text: Indian Mutiny

text: India

text: New Zealand Wars

text: surgeon general

text: Arthur Conan Doyle

text: Army Medical Services Museum

text: Mytchett

text: Surrey

text: Monuments to Courage

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

text: Scotland's Forgotten Valour

categories: Seaforth Highlanders officers,Cameronians officers,8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,British Army personnel of the Crimean War,Burials at Highgate Cemetery,Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath,Alumni of the University of St Andrews,1914 deaths,British military personnel of the New Zealand Wars,British Army regimental surgeons,1826 births,West India Regiment officers,13th Hussars officers,35th Regiment of Foot officers,British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War,British recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from Dunbar,British Army personnel of the Second Opium War

paragraph: Anthony Home

paragraph: Surgeon General Sir Anthony Dickson Home VC KCB (30 November 1826 – 10 August 1914) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Home graduated from the University of St Andrews School of Medicine with an MD in 1848. Home was 30 years old, and a surgeon in the 90th Foot, British Army during the Indian Mutiny on 26 September 1857 at the Relief of Lucknow, India, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: In the early 1860s, Home was stationed in New Zealand and fought in the New Zealand Wars. He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and achieved the rank of surgeon general.

paragraph: Arthur Conan Doyle worked with him a few times and stated that, "..he seemed a most disagreeable old man...and yet when I married shortly afterwards he sent me a most charming message wishing me good fortune..."

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett, Surrey.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: "Service Memoirs"

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(N. London)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Anthony Dickson Home

wikipedia_title: Anthony Home


text:
VC
Irish
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
Bengal Artillery
Bengal Army
Indian Mutiny
County Galway
Royal Artillery Museum
Woolwich
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Ireland's VCs
Monuments to Courage
Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross

wikipedia_title:
Victoria Cross
Irish people
Victoria Cross
United Kingdom
Commonwealth of Nations
Bengal Army
Bengal Army
Indian Rebellion of 1857
County Galway
Royal Artillery Museum
Woolwich
The Register of the Victoria Cross
List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients
David Charles Harvey
List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients

categories: 1864 deaths,1824 births,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,19th-century Irish people,People from County Galway,Irish soldiers in the British East India Company Army,Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross

paragraph: Thomas Laughnan

paragraph: Thomas Laughnan VC (August 1824 – 23 July 1864) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: He was approximately 33 years old, and a Gunner in the Bengal Artillery, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place at the Relief of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: He died in County Galway on 23 July 1864.

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, London.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Listed in order of publication year

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Register of the Victoria Cross" (1981, 1988 and 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ireland's VCs" (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monuments to Courage" (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross" (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Co. Galaway, Ireland)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Thomas Laughnan

wikipedia_title: Thomas Laughnan


text:
VC
Irish
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
Connaught Rangers
private
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment
British Army
First World War
Ledeghem
Belgium
Military Decoration
Belgium
Imperial War Museum
Sligo County Museum
Sligo
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Ireland's VCs
Monuments to Courage
Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross

wikipedia_title: Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)

wikipedia_title: List of museums in the Republic of Ireland

categories: Accidental deaths in the Republic of Ireland,1946 deaths,Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium),1884 births,British Army personnel of World War I,People from Sligo (town),Deaths by drowning,Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment soldiers,Irish World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,Connaught Rangers soldiers

paragraph: Martin Moffat

paragraph: Martin Joseph Moffat VC (15 April 1882 – 5 January 1946) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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paragraph: Moffat first served in the Connaught Rangers and was 34 years old private in the 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 14 October 1918 near Ledeghem, Belgium, Private Moffat was advancing with five others across the open when they suddenly came under heavy rifle fire at close range from a strongly held house. Rushing towards the house through a hail of bullets, Private Moffat threw bombs and then, working to the back of the house, rushed the door, killing two and capturing 30 of the enemy.

paragraph: He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Military Decoration by Belgium. His VC and other medals are on display at the Lord Ashcroft VC Gallery in the Imperial War Museum, London. Copies of his medals and a photograph are on display in Sligo County Museum, Stephen Street, Sligo.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Listed in order of publication year

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Symbol of Courage - The Men Behind the Medal" (Max Arthur, 2005)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Co. Sligo, Ireland)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Martin Moffat

wikipedia_title: Martin Moffat