Peter McManus
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
About Peter McManus
Lived 1829 – 1859 (aged 29–30).
Peter McManus VC (March 1829 – 27 April 1859) was born in Tynan, County Armagh, 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.
Details McManus was approximately 28 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment of Foot (later The Northumberland Fusiliers), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 26 September 1857 at Lucknow, India for which he and Private John Ryan was awarded the VC:
He later achieved the rank of sergeant. He died from smallpox in Allahabad, British India, on 27 April 1859.
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Who was Peter McManus?
recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Peter McManus was born in 1829 in Tynan.
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Peter McManus died on 27 April 1859 in Prayagraj.
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