Ambrose Madden
Sergeant, 41st Regiment
- Register No.
- 820 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Sergeant (register: Sergeant Major) all Sergeant-Majors →
- Unit
- 41st Regiment (register: 41st Regiment of Foot) all 41st Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 26 October 1854 on this day → all of 1854 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Crimean War
- London Gazette
- 24th February, 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Born
- in 1820 at Cork, Ireland
- Died
- 1st January 1863 at Jamaica
- Memorial / grave
- not known
Digest of citation
Sergeant Madden led a party of men of the 41st Regiment, on the 26th October 1854 at Little Inkerman, Crimea, to cut off and take prisoner, one Russian officer and 14 Privates. Three of the enemy being personally captured by the sergeant
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
MADDEN, Ambrose. (reg No. 820).
Sergeant. 41st Regiment.* London Gazetted on 24th February, 1857.
Born in 1820 at Cork, Ireland.
Died on 1st January 1863 at Jamaica.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: Sergeant Madden led a party of men of the 41st Regiment, on the 26th October 1854 at Little Inkerman, Crimea, to cut off and take prisoner, one Russian officer and 14 Privates. Three of the enemy being personally captured by the sergeant.
* Welch Regiment.
* Welch Regiment.
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