Lieutenant Coghill from County Dublin won the VC attempting to save the Colours at Isandhlwana 1879, an act which cost him his life.
irish soldiers & the victoria cross
Name: Barry, John
Rank: Private
Unit: 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
Action: Monument Hill, South Africa, 7/8th January 1873
Gazette: 8th August 1902
Born: St Mary's Parish, Kilkenny, 1st February 1873
Died: Belfast, South Africa, 8th January 1901
Mem: Irish Regiment's Museum, Sandhurst.
Remarks: Died of wounds received on Monument Hill, first VC of the 20th Century
Rank: Private
Unit: 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
Action: Monument Hill, South Africa, 7/8th January 1873
Gazette: 8th August 1902
Born: St Mary's Parish, Kilkenny, 1st February 1873
Died: Belfast, South Africa, 8th January 1901
Mem: Irish Regiment's Museum, Sandhurst.
Remarks: Died of wounds received on Monument Hill, first VC of the 20th Century
Name Bell, David
Rank: Private
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment
Action: Andaman Islands, 7th May 1867
Gazette: 17th December 1867
Born: County Down, 1854
Died: Gillingham, Kent, 7th March 1920
Mem: Woodlands Cemetary, Gillingham, Kent
Remarks: Peacetime award, VC at Royal Regiment of Wales Museum.
Rank: Private
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment
Action: Andaman Islands, 7th May 1867
Gazette: 17th December 1867
Born: County Down, 1854
Died: Gillingham, Kent, 7th March 1920
Mem: Woodlands Cemetary, Gillingham, Kent
Remarks: Peacetime award, VC at Royal Regiment of Wales Museum.
