Patrick Donohoe
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
About Patrick Donohoe
Lived 1820 – 1876 (aged 55–56).
Patrick Donohoe VC (c. 1820 – 16 August 1876) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Details He was approximately 37 years old and a private in the 9th Lancers, British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 28 September 1857, at Bolandshahr, India, for which he was awarded the VC:
Further information Born at Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. His death certificate records that he died at Bride Street, Dublin, on 16 August 1876 and he was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.
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Who was Patrick Donohoe?
recipient of the Victoria Cross
When was Patrick Donohoe born?
Patrick Donohoe was born in 1820 in Nenagh.
When did Patrick Donohoe die?
Patrick Donohoe died on 16 August 1876 in Ashbourne.
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