Andrew Moynihan

Andrew Moynihan

Andrew Moynihan, VC, (8 September 1831, Wakefield Yorkshire-18 May 1867) was by birth an English 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.

Moynihan was a 24-year-old Sergeant in the 90th Foot, British Army during the Crimean War when his gallant action took place on 8 September 1855 at Sebastopol. Sergeant Moynihan, who was with the storming party at the assault on the Redan in the Crimea, personally encountered and killed five Russians, and while under heavy fire also rescued a wounded officer from near the Redan.

Moynihan was promoted to Sergeant Major and in 1856 was commissioned into the 8th Foot. He was promoted Lieutenant the following year and Captain in 1863.

He died after contracting Malta Fever, caused by drinking unsterilised goat's milk. He is buried in La Braxia Cemetery and his Victoria Cross is displayed at the Cameronians Regimental Museum "(Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland)".

References

* Andrew Moynihan, VC (Henry L. Kirby, 1993)
* Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
* Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
* The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)


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