Bernard McQuirt was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
On 6 January1858 at the capture of the town of Rowa, India, Private McQuirt was dangerously wounded in a hand_to_hand fight with three men, of whom he killed one and wounded another. He himself was wounded by five sabre_cuts and a musket_shot.
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BernardMcQuirt (1829- 5 October 1888) was born in Donaghcloney near Lurgan, County Armagh and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
BernardMcQuirt's Gravestone In "Irish Winners of the VC 1846 to 1945" a photograph of a memorial gravestone is recorded in the photographic section between pages 128 and 129.
BernardMcQuirt died in Erney Street off the Shankill Road Belfast 5 October 1888, and no one knew were he was buried.
Lucknow, India, Assistant Surgeon McMaster showed great bravery in exposing himself to the fire of the enemy when bringing in and attending to the wounded.
at the capture of the town of Rowa, India, PrivateMcQuirt was dangerously wounded in a hand-to-hand fight with three men, of whom he killed one and wounded another.
Bothwell Camp, South Africa, during a night attack, Sergeant Traynor ran out of a trench, under extremely heavy fire, to help a wounded man. While running he was wounded, and being unable to carry the man himself called for assistance.
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