Role Armed force officer Years of service 1844–1863 | Rank Colour Sergeant Name Stephen Garvin | |
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Buried at Chesterton Parish Churchyard, Oxfordshire Battles/wars Second Anglo-Sikh WarIndian MutinyNorth-West Frontier Died November 23, 1874, Chesterton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Place of burial Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Battles and wars Second Anglo-Sikh War, Indian Rebellion of 1857, Military history of the North-West Frontier Similar People John Beeley, Albert Edward Shepherd, Henry Rawlinson - 1st Baron, Everard Aloysius Lisle Phill, Frederick Corbett | ||
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Stephen Garvin (1826 – 23 November 1874), born in Cashel, County Tipperary, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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He was around 31 years old, and a colour-sergeant in the 1st Battalion, 60th Rifles, British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 23 June 1857 at Delhi, India for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross:
For daring and gallant conduct before Delhi on the 23rd of June, 1857, in volunteering to lead a small party of men, under a heavy fire, to the "Sammy House," for the purpose of dislodging a number of the Enemy in position there, who kept up a destructive fire on the advanced battery of heavy guns, in which, after a sharp contest, he succeeded. Also recommended for gallant conduct throughout the operations before Delhi.
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Garvin died in Chesterton, Oxfordshire on 23 November 1874 and is buried in Chesterton Parish Churchyard. His Victoria Cross is in private ownership.