Bernard Diamond
Sergeant, Bengal Horse Artillery
- Register No.
- 326 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Sergeant all Sergeants →
- Unit
- Bengal Horse Artillery all Bengal Horse Artillery VCs →
- Date of action
- 28 September 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- 24th April, 1858 on this day → all of 1858 →
- Born
- in 1827 at Portland Glenone, County Antrim Ireland
- Died
- 24th January 1892 at Masterton, New Zealand
- Memorial / grave
- not known
Digest of citation
On 28th September, 1857 at Bolandshahr, India, Sergeant Diamond and a Gunner * worked their gun after every other man belonging to it had been either killed or wounded. They performed at the action and a very heavy fire of musketry, and thereby cleared the road of the enemy
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
DIAMOND, Bernard. (reg No. 326).
Sergeant Bengal Horse Artillery.
London Gazetted on 24th April, 1858.
Born on in 1827 at Portland Glenone, County Antrim Ireland.
Died on 24th January 1892 at Masterton, New Zealand.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: On 28th September, 1857 at Bolandshahr, India, Sergeant Diamond and a Gunner * worked their gun after every other man belonging to it had been either killed or wounded. They performed at the action and a very heavy fire of musketry, and thereby cleared the road of the enemy.
* R Fitzgerald (reg No. 410).
* R Fitzgerald (reg No. 410).
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