# George Monger

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Recipient of the Victoria Cross

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George Monger Born (1840-03-03)3 March 1840 Woodmancott, Hampshire Died 9 August 1887(1887-08-09) (aged 47) St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex Buried Hastings Cemetery, East Sussex Allegiance United Kingdom Branch British Army Rank Private Unit 23rd Regiment of Foot Conflicts Indian Mutiny Awards Victoria Cross

**George Monger** [VC](/source/Victoria_Cross) (3 March 1840 – 9 August 1887) was an English recipient of the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) forces.

## Details

Monger was 17 years old, and a [private](/source/Private_(rank)) in the [23rd Regiment of Foot](/source/23rd_Regiment_of_Foot) (later The [Royal Welch Fusiliers](/source/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers)), [British Army](/source/British_Army) during the [Indian Mutiny](/source/Indian_Mutiny) when the following deed took place on 18 November 1857 at [Secundra Bagh](/source/Secundra_Bagh), [Lucknow](/source/Lucknow), India for which he was awarded the VC: Private Monger volunteered to accompany an officer, [Thomas Bernard Hackett](/source/Thomas_Bernard_Hackett), whom he assisted in rescuing a corporal of the [23rd Regiment of Foot](/source/23rd_Regiment_of_Foot), who was lying wounded and exposed to very heavy fire. His citation reads:

23rd Regiment, Private George Monger

Date of Act of Bravery, 18th November, 1857

For daring gallantry at Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, on the 18th of November, 1857, in having volunteered to accompany Lieutenant Hackett, whom he assisted in bringing in a Corporal of the 23rd Regiment, who was lying wounded in an exposed position.[1]

## Further information

He died in 1887 at the age of 47 from [tuberculosis](/source/Tuberculosis). He is buried at [Hastings Cemetery](/source/Hastings_Cemetery), [East Sussex](/source/East_Sussex), in section H, grave E-18 common. The headstone was erected by local residents. A [blue plaque](/source/Blue_plaque) is displayed on his former house in Tower Road, [St Leonards-on-Sea](/source/St_Leonards-on-Sea), [East Sussex](/source/East_Sussex). His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum](/source/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers_Museum) at [Caernarfon Castle](/source/Caernarfon_Castle), [Gwynedd](/source/Gwynedd), [Wales](/source/Wales).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["No. 22248"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22248/page/1482). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 12 April 1859. p. 1482.

- [Location of grave and VC medal](https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141812/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/sussex.htm) *(East Sussex)*

v t e Royal Welsh Predecessors 1st generation Royal Welch Fusiliers (1689–2006) South Wales Borderers (1689–1969) 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot (1719–1881) 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot (1756–1881) 2nd generation Welch Regiment (1881–1969) 3rd generation Royal Regiment of Wales (1969–2006) Victoria Cross William Wilson Allan David Bell Gonville Bromhead Edward Stevenson Browne Alexander Cobbe Nevill Coghill William Griffiths Frederick Hitch Alfred Henry Hook Dudley Graham Johnson William Jones Teignmouth Melvill Ivor Rees John Williams John Henry Williams Angus Buchanan James Cooper Campbell Mellis Douglas James Fynn Edric Gifford Robert Jones Thomas Murphy Albert White Ambrose Madden Hugh Rowlands William Charles Fuller Hubert William Lewis Edgar Myles Tasker Watkins Frederick Barter Edward William Derrington Bell John Collins James Llewellyn Davies Joseph John Davies Charles Doughty-Wylie Albert Hill George Monger Luke O'Connor Henry Weale Thomas Bernard Hackett Robert Shields William Henry Thomas Sylvester William Herbert Waring See also Battle of Rorke's Drift Prince of Wales's feathers Men of Harlech Firing Line Prince of Wales' Division Welsh Guards 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

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