Thomas Bernard Hacket
Lieutenant, 23rd Regiment. (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
- Register No.
- 505 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 23rd Regiment. (Royal Welch Fusiliers) (register: 23rd Regiment of Foot) all 23rd Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 18 November 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- 12th April, 1859 on this day → all of 1859 →
- Born
- 15th June 1836 at Riverstown, County Tipperary, Ireland
- Died
- 5th October, 1880 at Arrabeg, King's County*, Ireland
- Memorial / grave
- on the Marshall family vault, Lockeen Churchyard, Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland
Digest of citation
On 80th November, 1857 at Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, India, Lieutenant Hackett, with others * rescued a corporal of the 23rd Regiment, who was lying wounded and exposed to very heavy fire. He also showed conspicuous bravery when, under heavy fire, he ascended the roof and cut the thatch of a bungalow to prevent it being set on fire
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
HACKET, Thomas Bernard. (reg No. 505).
Lieutenant. 23rd Regiment. (Royal Welch Fusiliers).
Gazetted on 12th April, 1859.
Born on 15th June 1836 at Riverstown, County Tipperary, Ireland.
Died on 5th October, 1880 at Arrabeg, King's County*, Ireland. (* now Offaly).
Memorial on the Marshall family vault, Lockeen Churchyard, Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland Digest of Citation reads: : On 80th November, 1857 at Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, India, Lieutenant Hackett, with others * rescued a corporal of the 23rd Regiment, who was lying wounded and exposed to very heavy fire. He also showed conspicuous bravery when, under heavy fire, he ascended the roof and cut the thatch of a bungalow to prevent it being set on fire.
* G.Monger (reg No. 882).
Additional information:. Lieutenant Colonel Hackett was the son of Mr Thomas Hackett and his wife Jane (née Bernard) of Moor Park and Riverstown. Jane Hackett was youngest daughter of Mr Bernard Shaw of Monkstown Castle, County Cork. He joined the Army on 7th June 1854 as an Ensign in the 23rd Regiment becoming a lieutenant on 9th February 1855. From June to September 1855 he served in the Crimea with his regiment and was at the siege of Sebastopol and the assault on the Redan on 18th June (He recieved the Medal with clasp and the Turkish Medal). From 1857-58 he served in the Indian campaign. He was at the relief of Lucknow, the defeat of the Gwalior Contingent (Cawnpore) and the operations across the Goomtree, the siege and capture of Lucknow. With the left wing of his regiment in the Biaswarrah District he saw service at Jubrowlie, Poornab, and Doondiakiara. He received the Campaign Medal with two clasps. He retired from the army on the 1st April 1874 by selling his commission. He was a magistrate for the county of Tipperary. At the age of 46 he was killed by an explosion of his own gun at Arrabeg. His obituary appeared in the "Times" on 29th October 1880. .
Additional information
Lieutenant Colonel Hackett was the son of Mr Thomas Hackett and his wife Jane (née Bernard) of Moor Park and Riverstown. Jane Hackett was youngest daughter of Mr Bernard Shaw of Monkstown Castle, County Cork. He joined the Army on 7th June 1854 as an Ensign in the 23rd Regiment becoming a lieutenant on 9th February 1855. From June to September 1855 he served in the Crimea with his regiment and was at the siege of Sebastopol and the assault on the Redan on 18th June (He recieved the Medal with clasp and the Turkish Medal). From 1857-58 he served in the Indian campaign. He was at the relief of Lucknow, the defeat of the Gwalior Contingent (Cawnpore) and the operations across the Goomtree, the siege and capture of Lucknow. With the left wing of his regiment in the Biaswarrah District he saw service at Jubrowlie, Poornab, and Doondiakiara. He received the Campaign Medal with two clasps. He retired from the army on the 1st April 1874 by selling his commission. He was a magistrate for the county of Tipperary. At the age of 46 he was killed by an explosion of his own gun at Arrabeg. His obituary appeared in the "Times" on 29th October 1880.
* G.Monger (reg No. 882).
(* now Offaly).
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