| 词条 | Thomas Duffy (VC) |
| 释义 |
|name= Thomas Duffy |birth_date=1806 |death_date={{death date|df=y|1868|12|24}} (aged 63) |birth_place=Athlone, County Westmeath |death_place=Dublin |placeofburial=Glasnevin Cemetery |image=Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png |image_size=125 |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} |serviceyears= |rank=Private |branch=Madras Army |commands= |unit=1st Madras European Fusiliers |battles=Indian Mutiny |awards= Victoria Cross |laterwork= }} Thomas Duffy VC (1806 – 24 December 1868), born in Mount Temple (Caulry), Athlone, County Westmeath, 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. DetailsHe was approximately 51 years old, and a private in the 1st Madras European Fusiliers (later The Royal Dublin Fusiliers), Indian Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 26 September 1857 at Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the VC: A 24-pounder gun which had been used against the enemy on the previous day was left in an exposed position and all efforts to reach it were unsuccessful, so heavy was the fire maintained on it by the mutineers. Private Duffy, however, who went out with two others, managed to fasten a rope to the gun in such a manner that it could be pulled away and was saved from falling into the hands of the enemy. His citation reads: {{quote|For his cool intrepidity and daring skill, whereby a 24-pounder gun was saved from falling into the hands of the enemy. (Extract from Divisional Orders of Major-General Sir James Outram, G.C.B., dated 16 October 1857.)[1]}}He died in Dublin on 24 December 1868 and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum in Chelsea, England. References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=22154|page=2958|date=18 June 1858}}
External links
9 : 1805 births|1858 deaths|19th-century Irish people|Irish soldiers in the British East India Company Army|Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross|Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross|Burials at Glasnevin Cemetery|People from Athlone|People from County Westmeath |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。