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307:The Register of the Victoria Cross
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246:Madden was commissioned into the
211:He was about 34 years old, and a
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522:Edward Stevenson Browne
482:Royal Regiment of Wales
248:2nd West India Regiment
138:2nd West India Regiment
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702:Thomas Bernard Hackett
667:James Llewellyn Davies
632:William Charles Fuller
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310:(1981, 1988 and 1997)
217:41st Regiment of Foot
134:41st Regiment of Foot
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507:William Wilson Allan
348:(David Harvey, 1999)
345:Monuments to Courage
254:in 1861. He died in
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258:on 1 January 1863.
242:Further information
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562:Teignmouth Melvill
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288:"No. 21971"
225:Crimean War
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512:David Bell
274:References
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85:Allegiance
567:Ivor Rees
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