Bernard Diamond | |
Birth Date: | January 1827 |
Birth Place: | Portglenone, County Antrim |
Death Place: | Masterton, New Zealand |
Placeofburial: | Masterton Cemetery |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Rank: | Sergeant |
Branch: | Bengal Army |
Unit: | Bengal Horse Artillery |
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Awards: | Victoria Cross |
Bernard Diamond VC (January 1827 – 24 January 1892) in Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland was a 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.
He was approximately 30 years old, and a sergeant in the Bengal Horse Artillery, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 28 September 1857 at Bolandshahr, India for which he and Gunner Richard Fitzgerald was awarded the Victoria Cross:
He died in Masterton, New Zealand on 24 January 1892[1] after emigrating, and was buried at the Archer Street Cemetery.[2]
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the QEII Army Memorial Museum in Waiouru, New Zealand.
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