Editing Patrick Green (VC)

{{Short description|Irish Victoria Cross recipient (1824–1889)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name= Patrick Green
|birth_date=1824
|death_date= 19 July 1889 (aged 64-65)
|birth_place=[[Ballinasloe]], [[County Galway]] 
|death_place=[[Cork (city)|Cork]]
|placeofburial=Aghada Cemetery, Cork
|image= patrick-green-vc.jpg
|caption=Colour Sergeant Patrick Green
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
|serviceyears=
|rank=[[Colour-Sergeant]]
|branch=[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]
|commands= 
|unit=[[75th Regiment of Foot]]
|battles=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
|laterwork=
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'''Patrick Green''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (1824 &ndash; 19 July 1889) was born in [[Ballinasloe]], [[County Galway]] and was an [[Irish people|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 approximately 33 years old, and a [[private (rank)|private]] in the [[75th Regiment of Foot]] (later [[The Gordon Highlanders]]), [[British Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 11 September 1857 at [[Delhi]], India, for which he was awarded the VC.
{{quote|For the Act of Bravery recorded in a General Order, issued by the Commander-in-Chief in India, of which the following is a copy:<br>
" Head-Quarters, Allahabad, July 28, 1858.<br> 
"GENERAL ORDER,<br>
" The Commander-in-Chief in India is pleased to approve that the undermentioned soldier be presented, in the name of Her Most Gracious Majesty, with a Medal of the Victoria Cross, for valour and daring in the field, viz.:<br>
Private Patrick Green, Her Majesty's 75th Foot, for having, on the 11th of September, 1857, when the picquet at the Koodsia Baugh at Delhi was hotly pressed by a large body of the Enemy, successfully rescued a comrade, who had fallen wounded as a skirmisher.<br>
(Signed) C. CAMPBELL, General,<br>
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies."}}<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22194/pages/4574 London Gazette]</ref>

He later achieved the rank of [[colour-sergeant]]. He died in [[Cork (city)|Cork]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*''[[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, Four Courts, 2000 {{ISBN|185182491X}})

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141855/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/cocork.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Co. Cork)''

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