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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.

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He 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 14th October, 1857.)

He later achieved the rank of sergeant. He was killed in action, Allahabad, India, on 27 April 1859.

References

The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
The Irish Sword (Brian Clarke 1986)
Irelands 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)

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 ==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.
+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 on 26 September 1857 at [[Lucknow]], [[India]] for which he and Private [[John Ryan (VC 1857)|John Ryan]] was awarded the VC:
+{{quote|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 14th October, 1857.)}}
-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]].