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Patrick Carlin Born in Belfast Co Antrim 1832 he 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Definition and linguistics The original phrase common wealth or the common weal is a calque translation of the Latin term res publica (public matters), from which the word republic comes, which was itself used as a synonym for the greek politeia as well as for the...

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He was approx. 26 years old, and a Private in the 1st Bn., 13th Regiment (later The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. A private is a military soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to Nato Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in). ... The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Alberts) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... Jump to: navigation, search The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... 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. ...


On 6 April 1858 at Azumgurh, India, Private Carlin rescued from the field of battle a wounded naik of the 4th Madras Rifles, after killing with the naik's sword a mutineer sepoy who fired on him while he was carrying his wounded comrade on his shoulders. Jump to: navigation, search April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ...


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The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Somerset Light Infantry Museum (Taunton, Somerset, England). Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. ...


Reference

The following people are Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross. ... Monuments To Courage is a book by David Harvey, published in 1999. ... 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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External links

  • Location of grave and VC medal (Belfast, Northern Ireland)


This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.


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Patrick Carlin: ZoomInfo Business People Information (762 words)
Terry is researching Patrick J. Carlin and his wife, Letitia McCaffrey Carlin, who emigrated to the U.S. circa 1847 and ultimately settled in Iowa shortly after Iowa became America's 29th state, and their descendants.
They subsequently moved to Illinois, where Patrick was a flsmith, and lived in Geneva, Batavia and Ottawa, where their son Philip was born in 1852.
The couple had six children, all born in the U.S. Patrick enlisted in 1861 as a private with the 16th Iowa Infantry during the Civil War, was wounded at Pittsburgh Landing and Shiloh, and contracted tuberculosis in the hospital.
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