Editing Michael Magner (section)

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He was 27 years old, and a [[drummer]] in the 33rd Regiment of Foot, later the [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]],<ref name="DWR">{{cite web | url=http://www.dwr.org.uk/dwr.php?id=55&pa=52 | title=Victoria Cross recipients – Duke of Wellington's Regiment | accessdate=5 March 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085218/http://www.dwr.org.uk/dwr.php?id=55&pa=52 | archivedate=7 April 2014 }}</ref> [[British Army]], during the Abyssinia Expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 13 April 1868 in Abyssinia (now [[Ethiopia]]), during the assault on [[Amba Mariam|Magdala]], when the head of the column of attack was checked by the obstacles at the gate, a small stream of officers and men of the 33rd Regiment and an officer of the Royal Engineers broke away from the main approach to Magdala and, reaching the defences, climbed a cliff, forced their way over a wall and through a strong and thorny fence, thus turning the defenders of the gateway. The first two men to enter Magdala were Drummer Magner and a private ([[James Bergin]]).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23405|date=28 July 1868 |page=4187}}</ref>

Magner later achieved the rank of [[corporal]]. He died in Melbourne, Australia on 6 February 1897.<ref name="MuseumVictoria">{{cite web | url=http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/2229/michael-magner-victoria-cross-recipient-duke-of-wellington-s-regiment | title=Museum Victoria | accessdate=5 March 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407103544/http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/2229/michael-magner-victoria-cross-recipient-duke-of-wellington-s-regiment | archive-date=7 April 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>