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Peter McManus
Peter McManus
Born	March 1829; Tynan, County Armagh
Died	27 April 1859 (aged 30); Allahabad, British India
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	5th Regiment of Foot
Battles / wars	Indian Mutiny
Awards	Victoria Cross

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Peter McManus VC (March 1829 – 27 April 1859) was born in Tynan, County Armagh, 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 forces.

Details

McManus was approximately 28 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment of Foot (later The Northumberland Fusiliers), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 26 September 1857 at Lucknow, India for which he and Private John Ryan was awarded the VC:

A party, on the 26th of September, 1857, was shut up and besieged in a house in the city of Lucknow, by the rebel sepoys...Private McManus kept outside the house, until he was himself wounded, and under cover of a pillar, kept firing on the sepoys and preventing their rushing on the house. He also, in conjunction with Private John Ryan, rushed into the street, and
took Captain Arnold, of the 1st Madras Fusiliers, out of a dooly, and brought him into the house in spite of a heavy fire, in which Captain Arnold was again wounded.
(Extract from Divisional Orders of Major-General Sir James Outrun, G.C.B., dated 14 October 1857.)

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He later achieved the rank of sergeant. He died from smallpox in Allahabad, British India, on 27 April 1859.

References

^ "No. 22154". The London Gazette. 18 June 1858. p. 2958.

The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
Clarke, Brian D. H. (1986). "A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men". The Irish Sword. XVI (64): 185–287.
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)

[1] "No. 22154". The London Gazette. 18 June 1858. p. 2958.

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+{{Short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
-'''Peter McManus''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (March, 1829 &ndash; [[27 April]] [[1859]]) was born in [[Tynan]], [[County Armagh]],  was an [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|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 [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.
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+'''Peter McManus''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (March 1829 &ndash; 27 April 1859) was born in [[Tynan]], [[County Armagh]],  was an [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|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 [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.
 ==Details==
-He was approximately 28 years old, and a [[private (rank)|private]] in the 1st Battalion, [[5th Regiment of Foot]] (later [[The Northumberland Fusiliers]]), [[British Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
+McManus was approximately 28 years old, and a [[private (rank)|private]] in the 1st Battalion, [[5th Regiment of Foot]] (later [[The Northumberland Fusiliers]]), [[British Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 26 September 1857 at [[Lucknow]], [[India]] for which he and Private [[John Ryan (VC 1857)|John Ryan]] was awarded the VC:
+{{blockquote|A party, on the 26th of September, 1857, was shut up and besieged in a house in the city of Lucknow, by the rebel sepoys...Private McManus kept outside the house, until he was himself wounded, and under cover of a pillar, kept firing on the sepoys and preventing their rushing on the house. He also, in conjunction with Private John Ryan, rushed into the street, and
+took Captain Arnold, of the 1st Madras Fusiliers, out of a dooly, and brought him into the house in spite of a heavy fire, in which Captain Arnold was again wounded.
+(Extract from Divisional Orders of Major-General Sir James Outrun, G.C.B., dated 14 October 1857.)}}<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22154|page=2958|date=18 June 1858}}</ref>
-On [[26 September]] [[1857]] at [[Lucknow]], [[India]], when a party of men was shut up and besieged in a house in the city, Private McManus stayed outside the house until he himself was wounded, and under cover of a pillar kept firing on the sepoys and prevented their rushing the house. He also, in conjunction with another private ([[John Ryan (VC 1857)|John Ryan]]) dashed into the street and took a wounded captain out of a dhooly and carried him into the house in spite of heavy fire in which the captain was again wounded.
-He later achieved the rank of [[sergeant]].  He was killed in action, [[Allahabad]], India, on [[27 April]] [[1859]].
+He later achieved the rank of [[sergeant]].  He died from [[smallpox]] in [[Allahabad]], [[British India]], on 27 April 1859.
 ==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-* [[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (1981, 1988 and 1997)
+* ''[[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}}
-* [[The Irish Sword]]  (Brian Clarke 1986)
-* [[Irelands VCs]] ISBN 1-899243-00-3 (Dept of Economic Development 1995)
+* ''[[Ireland's VCs]]'' {{ISBN|1-899243-00-3}} (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
-* [[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999)
+* ''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
-* [[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross]] (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
+* ''[[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross]]'' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
+{{Royal Regiment of Fusiliers}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:McManus, Peter}}
-[[Category:Irish Victoria Cross recipients]]
+[[Category:Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
 [[Category:Royal Northumberland Fusiliers soldiers]]
-[[Category:British military personnel killed in action in India]]
-[[Category:People from County Armagh]]
 [[Category:1829 births]]
 [[Category:1859 deaths]]
-[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 Victoria Cross recipients]]
+[[Category:19th-century Irish people]]
+[[Category:Irish soldiers in the British Army]]
+[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
+[[Category:Deaths from smallpox in India]]
+[[Category:Military personnel from County Armagh]]
+[[Category:British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross]]