| Dudley Stagpoole | |
| Birth Date: | 1838 |
| Death Date: | 1 August 1911 |
| Birth Place: | Killunan, County Galway, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Ware, Hertfordshire, England |
| Placeofburial: | Hendon Park Cemetery, Mill Hill |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Branch Label: | Branch |
| Rank: | Drummer |
| Unit: | 57th Regiment of Foot |
| Battles: | Crimean War Second Taranaki War |
| Awards: | Victoria Cross Distinguished Conduct Medal Crimea Medal, Sebastopol clasp New Zealand War Medal, 1860–66 Turkish Crimea Medal, 1855–56 Long Service & Good Conduct Medal |
Dudley Stagpoole (1838 – 1 August 1911) was a British Army soldier and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Stagpoole was born in Killunan, County Galway in 1838.
Drummer Dudley Stagpoole, 57th Regiment of Foot, was about 25 years old during the Second Taranaki War in New Zealand, when the following deed took place on 2 October 1863 at Allan's Hill near Poutoko, Taranaki, for which he and Ensign John Thornton Down were awarded the Victoria Cross (VC).[1] Stagpoole had been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for a separate incident at Kaipakopako:
He died in Ware, Hertfordshire on 1 August 1911.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and Queen's Regiment RHQ, Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent[2]