Charles Mccorrie*

Private, 57th Regiment (later The Middlesex Regiment -- Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Register No.: 768 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
Rank: Private all Privates →
Unit: 57th Regiment (later The Middlesex Regiment -- Duke of Cambridge's Own) (register: 57th Regiment of Foot) all 57th Regiment of Foot VCs →
Date of action: 23 June 1855 on this day → all of 1855 →
Conflict / campaign: Crimean War
London Gazette: 24th February 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
Born: in 1830 at Killeard, Co. Antrim, Ireland
Died: 8th April 1857 at Malta

Digest of citation

On 23 June 1855 in the Crimea, Private McCorrie threw over the parapet, a live shell which had been thrown from the enemy's battery

From Alf Askin's research notes

Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.

McCORRIE*, Charles. (reg. No.768).

Private 57th Regiment (later The Middlesex Regiment -- Duke of Cambridge's Own).

London Gazetted on 24th February 1857.

Born in 1830 at Killeard, Co. Antrim, Ireland Died on 8th April 1857 at Malta.

Digest of Citation reads: On 23 June 1855 in the Crimea, Private McCorrie threw over the parapet, a live shell which had been thrown from the enemy's battery.

*Or McCURRIE.

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