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Charles McCorrie

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92: 112: 33: 398: 358: 368: 363: 403: 393: 97: 204: 133: 373: 223: 319: 388: 273: 304: 333: 408: 188: 230:, Private McCorrie threw over the parapet a live shell which had been thrown from the enemy's battery. 183:, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to 383: 378: 311: 341: 259: 208: 300: 227: 296: 254: 283: 111: 32: 200: 184: 180: 164: 153: 352: 172: 52: 281:
Clarke, Brian D. H. (1986). "A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men".
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when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
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Index


Killead
County Antrim
Malta
Floriana
United Kingdom

British Army
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
Crimean War
Victoria Cross
VC
Killead
County Antrim
Irish
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
private
57th Regiment
Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
British Army
Crimean War
Sebastopol
Crimea
Malta
"No. 21971"
The London Gazette
The Register of the Victoria Cross
The Irish Sword

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