Jude Gibson Posted 1 September , 2022 Share Posted 1 September , 2022 Hi folks, not strictly a GWF topic but one which might interest others. My local paper in Ireland Westmearh Examiner reports that a Victoria Cross is to be auctioned on Sept. 14th in London at Noonans Mayfair (the recipient was Thomas Henry Kavanagh of Westmeath) and was awarded it for bravery during the Indian Mutiny. What I thought was interesting is that he is 1 of only 5 who received thr VC who was a civilian. Does any member know who the othe 4 were? and were any of them awarded the VC for action during WW1. best wishes Jude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tullybrone Posted 1 September , 2022 Share Posted 1 September , 2022 (edited) Hi, Google search on “civilian VC recipients gives this site - https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/victoria-cross It states - “Seven civilians have been awarded the VC: Thomas Kavanagh (1857); William Fraser McDonell (1857); Ross Lowis Mangles of the Bengal Civil Service (1857); George Bell Chicken, a civilian volunteer with the Indian Naval Brigade (1858); the Reverend James Adams of the Bengal Ecclesiastical Department (1879) and Captains Frederick Parslow and Archibald Smith of the Mercantile Marine (1915-17). The latter two recipients were posthumously commissioned into the Royal Naval Reserve to make them eligible for the VC.” Steve Edited 1 September , 2022 by tullybrone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jude Gibson Posted 1 September , 2022 Author Share Posted 1 September , 2022 Thanks Steve for such a prompt reply. I am going to ask your advice as I see one of your interests is the Coldstream Guards. My wife's relative Walter Taylor 2nd Batt Coldstream Guards no 19565 machine gun corp was KIA on 10/Oct/1917. Nothing remained , his name is on Tyne Cot monument. Is there any way of finding out more detail of what happened to him, where it happened etc Thanks again Jude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tullybrone Posted 1 September , 2022 Share Posted 1 September , 2022 (edited) Hi Jude, I can’t see he was Machine Gun Corps - CWGC say 2nd CG https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/827264/walter-taylor/ Battalion War Diary is available for free download via UK National Archives if you register an email address there. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk It’s unlikely he will be named but it will give you an idea of what they were doing at the time. The Regimental History is free to download via Hathitrust site. Link to Volume 2 that covers 3rd Battle of Ypres is here - https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b790665&view=1up&seq=12&skin=2021 Some CG records are available on findmypast site Steve Edited 1 September , 2022 by tullybrone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jude Gibson Posted 2 September , 2022 Author Share Posted 2 September , 2022 Thanks for all the info Steve, much appreciated, what do you search for from national archives, I can't seem to get war diaries Jude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tullybrone Posted 2 September , 2022 Share Posted 2 September , 2022 (edited) If you input the file refe below you should turn up the diary WO 95/1215/2 or use this link - https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7351834 Steve Edited 2 September , 2022 by tullybrone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jude Gibson Posted 2 September , 2022 Author Share Posted 2 September , 2022 Thanks Steve - got the lot jude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 6 September , 2022 Share Posted 6 September , 2022 On 01/09/2022 at 20:15, Jude Gibson said: Thanks Steve for such a prompt reply. I am going to ask your advice as I see one of your interests is the Coldstream Guards. My wife's relative Walter Taylor 2nd Batt Coldstream Guards no 19565 machine gun corp was KIA on 10/Oct/1917. Nothing remained , his name is on Tyne Cot monument. Is there any way of finding out more detail of what happened to him, where it happened etc Thanks again Jude What makes you think he was MGC? And you’re better off starting new threads for different questions otherwise they just get mixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEW Posted 6 September , 2022 Share Posted 6 September , 2022 'Soldiers Who Died In The First World War' have his Regiment listed as: Foot Guards (Including Guards Machine Gun Regiment). I suspect that's where Jude got MGC from? TEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jude Gibson Posted 6 September , 2022 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2022 One of hs relatives told me about MCC thanks Jude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 18 September , 2022 Share Posted 18 September , 2022 The thread has been locked as it is outside our time period. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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