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John Ryan (VC 1857)
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'''John Ryan''' (
1823 -
4 March 1858) was born in
Kilkenny and was an
Irish people 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
United Kingdom British and
Commonwealth forces.
Details
He was approx. 34 years old, and a
Private (rank) Private in the
1st Madras Fusiliers (later The Royal Dublin Fusiliers),
Indian Army during the
Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On
26 September 1857 at
Lucknow,
India, a party of men was shut up and besieged in a house in the city. Private Ryan, in conjunction with another private (
Peter McManus), dashed into the street and took a wounded captain out of a dhooly and carried him into the house in spite of heavy fire in which the captain was again wounded. In addition to this Private Ryan devoted himself during the day to rescuing the wounded in the neighbourhood from being massacred.
He was killed in action,
Cawnpore,
India, on
4 March 1858.
Further information
He later achieved the rank of
Sergeant.
The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the
National Army Museum ''(Chelsea, England)''.
References
'''Listed in order of publication year '''
*
The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
*
The Irish Sword (Brian Clarke 1986)
*
Irelands VCs ISBN 1899243 00 3 (Dept of Economic Devolopment 1995)
*
Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*
Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
This page has been
:WikiProject Victoria Cross Reference Migration migrated from the [http://www.victoriacross.net Victoria Cross Reference] '''with permission.'''
Category:Irish Victoria Cross recipients Ryan, John
Category:British Indian Army soldiers Ryan, John
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