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Michael Murphy (VC)

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Michael Murphy VC (c. 1837, Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland – 4 April 1893, Darlington, County Durham, England)GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1893 10a 1 DARLINGTON - Michael Murphy, labourer in ironworks, aged 53, at 22 Vulcan Street, Darlington - registered by Bridget Dobson, niece aged 24, present at death. [1]

76 relations: Aldershot, Azamgarh, İzmit, Battalion, Battle of Isandlwana, Bellingham, Northumberland, Benwell and Scotswood, Blackwell, County Durham, British Army, Cahir, Canada, Charge of the Light Brigade, Colchester, Commonwealth of Nations, Cork (city), County Durham, County Tipperary, Crimean War, Curragh Camp, Darlington, David Charles Harvey, Dublin, Durham Light Infantry, England, Farrier, Great Yarmouth, Hertfordshire, Heworth, Tyne and Wear, Hoddesdon, Hong Kong, Hounslow, India, Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indonesia, Ireland, Irish people, Kolkata, List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients, Lucknow, Maidstone, Major, Military hospital, Mumbai, Murton, County Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Norwich, Pneumonia, Portobello, Dublin, Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut, ..., Queen Victoria, Queen's Own Hussars, Queen's Royal Lancers, Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Logistic Corps, Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Samuel Morley (VC), Sedgefield, Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, 1st Baronet, Surrey, Tell El Kebir, The Annual Register, The Irish Sword, The Northern Echo, The Register of the Victoria Cross, The Royal British Legion, Turkey, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, Wimbledon, London, Windsor Castle, Winterton Hospital, Woolwich, 17th Lancers, 5th Royal Irish Lancers. Expand index (26 more) »

Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England.

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Azamgarh

Azamgarh is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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İzmit

İzmit, known as Nicomedia in antiquity, is a city in Turkey, the administrative center of the Kocaeli Province as well as the Metropolitan Municipality.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit.

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Battle of Isandlwana

The Battle of Isandlwana (alternative spelling: Isandhlwana) on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo–Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.

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Bellingham, Northumberland

Bellingham is a village in Northumberland, to the north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne and is situated on the Hareshaw Burn at its confluence with the River North Tyne.

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Benwell and Scotswood

Benwell and Scotswood is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England.

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Blackwell, County Durham

Blackwell is a suburb in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Cahir

Cahir is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade was a charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War.

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Colchester

Colchester is an historic market town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in the county of Essex.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.

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Cork (city)

Cork (from corcach, meaning "marsh") is a city in south-west Ireland, in the province of Munster, which had a population of 125,622 in 2016.

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County Durham

County Durham (locally) is a county in North East England.

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County Tipperary

County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War (or translation) was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and Sardinia.

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Curragh Camp

Curragh Camp (Campa an Churraigh) is an army base and military college located in The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland.

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Darlington

Darlington is a large market town in County Durham, in North East England.

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David Charles Harvey

David Charles Harvey (29 July 1946 – 4 March 2004) was an historian and author born in East Ham, London.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Durham Light Infantry

The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Farrier

A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary.

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Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (often abbreviated Herts) is a county in southern England, bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south.

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Heworth, Tyne and Wear

Heworth is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.

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Hoddesdon

Hoddesdon is a town in the Broxbourne borough of the English county of Hertfordshire, situated in the Lea Valley.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Hounslow

Hounslow is a large commercial town and district in west London, England, west-southwest of Charing Cross.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India between 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Irish people

The Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are a nation and ethnic group native to the island of Ireland, who share a common Irish ancestry, identity and culture.

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Kolkata

Kolkata (also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients

List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients lists all recipients of the Victoria Cross (post-nominal letters "VC") born on the island of Ireland, together with the date and place of their VC action.

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Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is also the administrative headquarters of the eponymous District and Division.

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Maidstone

Maidstone is a large, historically important town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town.

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Major

Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.

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Military hospital

A military hospital is a hospital that is owned and operated by the armed forces.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Murton, County Durham

Murton is a village in County Durham, England.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.

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Northumberland

Northumberland (abbreviated Northd) is a county in North East England.

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Norwich

Norwich (also) is a city on the River Wensum in East Anglia and lies approximately north-east of London.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Portobello, Dublin

In Dublin, Portobello (– meaning 'beautiful harbour') is an area stretching westwards from South Richmond Street as far as Upper Clanbrassil Street bordered on the north by the South Circular Road and on the south by the Grand Canal.

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Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut

The Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut, commonly referred to as Deepcut Barracks, is the headquarters of the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) of the British Army and the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Queen's Own Hussars

The Queen's Own Hussars, normally referred to by the abbreviation QOH, was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed from the amalgamation of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars at Candahar Barracks, Tidworth in 1958.

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Queen's Royal Lancers

The Queen's Royal Lancers (QRL) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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Royal Army Service Corps

The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and domestic materials such as clothing, furniture and stationery and the supply of technical and military equipment.

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Royal Logistic Corps

The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) provides logistic support functions to the British Army.

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Royal Logistic Corps Museum

The Royal Logistic Corps Museum is based at the Princess Royal Barracks near Camberley in Surrey.

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Royal Military College, Sandhurst

The Royal Military College (RMC), founded in 1801 and established in 1802 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, but moved in October 1812 to Sandhurst, Berkshire, was a British Army military academy for training infantry and cavalry officers of the British and Indian Armies.

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Samuel Morley (VC)

Samuel Morley VC (sometimes Morely) (December 1829 – 16 June 1888) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross ("VC"), 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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Sedgefield

Sedgefield is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England.

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Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, 1st Baronet

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan, 1st Baronet (6 August 1830 – 30 December 1897) was a British soldier and politician.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Tell El Kebir

Tell El Kebir (التل الكبير lit."the great mound") is 110 km north-north-east of Cairo and 75 kilometres south of Port Said on the edge of the Egyptian desert at the altitude of 29 m. Administratively, it is a part of the Ismailia Governorate.

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The Annual Register

The Annual Register (originally subtitled "A View of the History, Politicks and Literature of the Year...") is a long-established reference work, written and published each year, which records and analyses the year’s major events, developments and trends throughout the world.

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The Irish Sword

The Irish Sword is the official journal of the Military History Society of Ireland containing articles on the military history of Ireland, book reviews, notes, notices, queries, illustrations and proceedings.

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The Northern Echo

The Northern Echo is a regional daily morning newspaper, based in the town of Darlington in North East England; serving County Durham and Teesside.

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The Register of the Victoria Cross

The Register of the Victoria Cross is a reference work that provides brief information on every Victoria Cross awarded until the publication date.

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The Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion (RBL), sometimes called The British Legion or The Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.

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Turkey

Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system.

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Wimbledon, London

Wimbledon WIMBLESON is a district of southwest London, England, south-west of the centre of London at Charing Cross, in the London Borough of Merton, south of Wandsworth, northeast of New Malden, northwest of Mitcham, west of Streatham and north of Sutton.

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Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.

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Winterton Hospital

Winterton Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in County Durham, England, and was one of the largest in Europe.

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Woolwich

Woolwich is a district of south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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17th Lancers

The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1759 and notable for its participation in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War.

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5th Royal Irish Lancers

The 5th Royal Irish Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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References

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