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Edward Jennings born Ballinrobe Co Mayo 1815 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. Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
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He was approx. 42 years old, and a Rough-Rider in the Bengal Artillery, British Indian Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. The Indian Army in the time of the British Raj (1857–1947) See Indian Army for the post-independence (and post-partition) army of the Republic of India. ...
An engraving titled Sepoy Indian troops dividing the spoils after their mutiny against British rule gives a contemporary view of events from the British perspective. ...
During the whole of the period 14 to 22 November 1857, at the Relief of Lucknow, India, Rough-Rider Jennings acted with conspicuous gallantry. Jump to: navigation, search November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Elected by the regiment.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum (Woolwich, England). Firepower: The Royal Artillery Museum is a military museum in Woolwich in south east London, England, which tells the story of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and of the Royal Arsenal. ...
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On the 10 May 1889 Edward Jennings VC died, and was buried in a pauper's grave, unmarked and unattended, one of 190,000 bodies interred in Preston Cemetery, North Shields, North East England. [ London Gazette, 24 December 1858 ]. Relief of Lucknow, India, 14 November to 22 November 1857, Rough Rider Edward Jennings, Bengal Artillery. The Register of the Victoria Cross A list of all 1350 Victoria Crosses with details of each recipient ISBN 0906324033 Publisher: Cheltenham: This England Books; 1981 Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 - 9 3/4 Pagination: 303 + 4. ...
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The following people are Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross. ...
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For conspicuous gallantry at the Relief of Lucknow. Elected by the officers and men of his regiment. For most of his life Edward Jennings was employed by the local council as a road sweeper and must have fallen on hard times because he sold his Victoria Cross to a private collector.
A memorial service and the placing a headstone on Edward Jennings grave took place at 2pm Wednesday, 10th September 1997 in North Shields. The service was attended by members of the 7th Royal Horse Artillery and 101 Royal Artillery, other dignitaries included the Vice Lord Lieutenant, the North Tyneside deputy Mayor Councillor Arlene Richardson, and a number of other associations were represented. Three buglers and a piper were present and a volley of shots were fired over the grave.
The headstone was the result of an appeal launched 4 months earlier to raise the necessary £2000.
The whole service was instigated during an exhibition on VC winners held at the Newcastle Central Library earlier in 1997. The exhibition organiser was Phillip Pike of the Victoria Cross Commemoration Society and he was contacted by Edward Jennings' great-granddaughter, Mrs. Kathleen Lough, who lives in New York, North Tyneside. Mrs. Lough, her brothers Brian and John were united with a distant relative, Martin Jennings, 79, who travelled from County Mayo, Ireland. The family presented a citation of the VC to North Tyneside Council.
External links - Location of grave and VC medal (Tyne & Wear)
- News Item (memorial service)
This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.
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