Editing Michael Magner

{{Short description|Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (1840–1897)}}
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| name = Michael Magner
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1840|6|21|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1897|02|06|1840|06|21}}
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| birth_place = [[County Fermanagh]], Ireland
| death_place = [[Melbourne]], Australia
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| image         = Michael Magner (1840–1897).png
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| allegiance = {{UK}}
| branch     = {{Army|United Kingdom}}
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| rank       = [[Corporal]]
| unit       = [[33rd Regiment of Foot]]
| commands   = 
| battles    = [[1868 Expedition to Abyssinia|Abyssinia Expedition]]
| awards     = [[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]
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'''Michael Magner''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (21 June 1840 – 6 February 1897) was born in [[County Fermanagh]], Ireland and 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 of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Details==
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>

==The medal==
Magner's medal is on public display in [[Museum Victoria]], Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, Australia.<ref name="MuseumVictoria" />

==References==
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*''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (1981, 1988 and 1997)
*{{cite journal|first=Brian D. H.|last=Clarke|title=A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men|journal=[[The Irish Sword]]|volume=XVI|issue=64|pages=185–287|year=1986}}
*''[[Ireland's VCs]]'' {{ISBN|1-899243-00-3}} (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
*''[[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross]]'' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

==External links==
*{{find a Grave|7723355}}

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