Andrew Moynihan

Andrew Moynihan 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.

Details

He was 24 years old, and a Sergeant in the 90th Regiment (later The Cameronians - Scottish Rifles), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 8 September 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea, Sergeant Moynihan, who was with the storming party at the assault on the Redan, personally encountered and killed five Russians. He also rescued from near the Redan a wounded officer under very heavy fire.

Further information

He later achieved the rank of Captain.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Cameronians Regimental Museum (Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland).

Reference

See also

External links

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

 

<< PreviousWord BrowserNext >>
harry garnet bedford miner
list of corvette and sloop classes of the royal navy
martin o'meara
john ripley
tales of the south pacific
communist party of belgium marxist leninist
jeff franklin
rob andrew
william norman
james ockendon
edward john mott
jason leonard
whitney houston (album)
stasiland
moana nui a kiwa ngarimu
samuel needham
dornberg
hamilton lyster reed
james reynolds roberts
julius pollux
dighton macnaghton probyn
francis newton parsons
james park
carmen silvera
prakash padukone
unfabulous
james owens
francisco hernndez de crdoba (discoverer of yucatn)
john william ormsby
arthur poulter
everard aloysius lisle phillipps
issa pliyev
bill beaumont
george prowse
workers' party (hungary)
epsxe
william ratcliffe
dermatofibroma
henry reynolds
frampton comes alive!
pet skunk
jacob rivers
that's entertainment!
that's entertainment
Copyright 2005-2009 OnPedia.com. All Rights Reserved