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The Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the Field has already been conferred on Drummer Stagpoole, for the energy and devotion which he displayed on the 25th September, 1863, at the affair near Kaipakopako, in having, though wounded in the head, twice volunteered and brought in wounded men.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22896|page=4552|date=23 September 1864}}</ref>}} |
The Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the Field has already been conferred on Drummer Stagpoole, for the energy and devotion which he displayed on the 25th September, 1863, at the affair near Kaipakopako, in having, though wounded in the head, twice volunteered and brought in wounded men.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22896|page=4552|date=23 September 1864}}</ref>}} |
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Down died of fever at Camp |
Down died of fever at [[Ōtāhuhu|Camp Otahuhu]] on 27 April 1866. His grave in Ōtāhuhu (Holy Trinity) Churchyard is maintained by the New Zealand [[Ministry for Culture and Heritage]].<ref>[http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-monuments-war-graves/list-historic-graves-and-monuments-maintained-min list of historic graves and monuments maintained by the Ministry]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:02, 14 April 2022
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Born | Fulham, London, England | 2 March 1842
Died | 27 April 1866 Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand | (aged 24)
Buried | Ōtāhuhu Old Cemetery |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Ensign |
Unit | 57th Regiment of Foot |
Battles/wars | Second Taranaki War |
Awards | Victoria Cross |
John Thornton Down VC (2 March 1842 – 27 April 1866) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Victoria Cross
Down was 21 years old, and an ensign in the 57th Regiment of Foot (later The Middlesex Regiment), British Army during the Second Taranaki War (one of the campaigns in the New Zealand Wars), when the following deed took place on 2 October 1863 at Poutoko, New Zealand for which he and Drummer Dudley Stagpoole were awarded the VC:[1]
For their conduct at Pontoko, on the 2nd October, in rescuing a wounded comrade from the rebel Maori. They succeeded in bringing in the wounded man, who was lying at about fifty yards from the bush, although the enemy kept up a very heavy fire from the bush at short range, and also from behind fallen logs close at hand.
The man had been wounded during an engagement with the rebel natives, and Ensign Down, and Drummer Stagpoole, responded to the call of the Officer commanding the detachment of the Regiment for volunteers to bring him in.
The Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the Field has already been conferred on Drummer Stagpoole, for the energy and devotion which he displayed on the 25th September, 1863, at the affair near Kaipakopako, in having, though wounded in the head, twice volunteered and brought in wounded men.[2]
Down died of fever at Camp Otahuhu on 27 April 1866. His grave in Ōtāhuhu (Holy Trinity) Churchyard is maintained by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.[3]
References
- ^ In the Face of the Enemy by Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson p. 36 (2006, Auckland, HarperCollins) ISBN 1-86950-522-0
- ^ "No. 22896". The London Gazette. 23 September 1864. p. 4552.
- ^ list of historic graves and monuments maintained by the Ministry[permanent dead link]
External links
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- British recipients of the Victoria Cross
- 57th Regiment of Foot officers
- British military personnel of the New Zealand Wars
- New Zealand Wars recipients of the Victoria Cross
- People from Fulham
- Infectious disease deaths in New Zealand
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross