Richard Fitzgerald

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Richard Fitzgerald (VC) (born December 1831, St. Finbar's Cork, Ireland) 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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According to Fitzgerald's Victoria Cross citation, "On 28th September, 1857 at Bolandshahr, India, Gunner Fitzgerald and a sergeant worked their gun after every other man belonging to it had been either killed or wounded. They were under very heavy fire, but cleared the road of the enemy."

The sergeant, Bernard Diamond, also received the Victoria Cross.

Fitzgerald died in India in 1884.

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Listed in order of publication year

• The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
• The Irish Sword (Brian Clarke 1986)
• Irelands VCs (Dept of Economic Development 1995)
• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
• "Richard Fitzgerald (1831 - 1884)", Find A Grave

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This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.