James Byrne
Private, 86th Regiment (Royal Irish Rifles)
- Register No.
- 162 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Private all Privates →
- Unit
- 86th Regiment (Royal Irish Rifles) (register: 86th Regiment of Foot) all 86th Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 3 April 1858 on this day → all of 1858 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- 11th November 1859 on this day → all of 1859 →
- Born
- in 1822 at Newtown, Mount Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland
- Died
- 6th December, 1872 at Dublin, Ireland
- Memorial / grave
- not known
- Medal held by
- the Ulster Rifles Museum
Digest of citation
On 3rd April, 1858 at Jhansi, India, Private Byrne assisted a captain of his regiment * in removing, under very heavy fire, a Lieutenant who was severely wounded. They took the injured man to a place of safety, in the performance of which act the private was wounded
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BYRNE, James. (reg No. 162)
Private 86th Regiment (Royal Irish Rifles).
London Gazetted on 11th November 1859.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Ulster Rifles Museum.
Born on in 1822 at Newtown, Mount Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Died on 6th December, 1872 at Dublin, Ireland.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: On 3rd April, 1858 at Jhansi, India, Private Byrne assisted a captain of his regiment * in removing, under very heavy fire, a Lieutenant who was severely wounded. They took the injured man to a place of safety, in the performance of which act the private was wounded.
*See H E Jerome (reg No. 640)
*See H E Jerome (reg No. 640)
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