Bernard Diamond (VC)

:"This article is about the Victoria cross recipient, for the courtroom psychiatrist see Bernard L. Diamond."

Bernard Diamond VC (1827-26 January 1892) in Portglenone, County Antrim, Ireland was a 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

He was approximately 30 years old, and a sergeant in the Bengal Horse Artillery, Indian Army during the Indian rebellion of 1857 when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

On 28 September 1857 at Bolandshahr, India, Sergeant Diamond and a gunner (Richard Fitzgerald) worked their gun after every other man belonging to it had been either killed or wounded. They performed the action under very heavy fire of musketry, and thereby cleared the road of the enemy.

Further information

He died in Masterton, New Zealand on 26 January 1892.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the QEII Army Memorial Museum "(Waiouru, New Zealand)".

Currently researching into Sgt. Bernard Diamond, after finding his grave at Masterton, which I photographed.

Carterton Cemetery Clareville Taphophile [e-mail]

References

Listed in order of publication year
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
*The Irish Sword (Brian Clarke 1986)
*Irelands VCs (Dept of Economic Development 1995)
*Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

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