# Patrick Graham (VC)

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{{Short description|Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
{{Other people|Patrick Graham}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Patrick Graham
|honorific_suffix=
|birth_date=1837
|death_date=3 June {{death year and age|1875|1837}}
|birth_place= [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Ireland)
|death_place=Dublin
|burial_place=[Arbour Hill Cemetery](/source/Arbour_Hill_Prison), Dublin
|image= Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
|image_size= 125
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}}
|service_years=
|rank=[Private](/source/Private_(rank))
|branch={{army|United Kingdom}}
|commands= 
|unit=[90th Regiment of Foot](/source/90th_Regiment_of_Foot)
|battles=[Indian Mutiny](/source/Indian_Mutiny)
|awards= [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross)
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}}
'''Patrick Graham''' [VC](/source/Victoria_Cross) (1837 – 3 June 1875) was born in St Michael's Parish, [Dublin](/source/Dublin) and was an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) 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](/source/United_Kingdom) and [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) forces.

==Details==
He was about 20 years old, and a [private](/source/private_(rank)) in the [90th Regiment of Foot](/source/90th_Regiment_of_Foot) (later [The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)](/source/The_Cameronians_(Scottish_Rifles))), [British Army](/source/British_Army) during the [Indian Mutiny](/source/Indian_Mutiny) when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:
{{blockquote|90th Regiment, Private P. Graham

Date of Act of Bravery, 17th November, 1857

For bringing in a wounded comrade under a very heavy fire, on the 17th of November, 1857, at Lucknow. Elected by the private soldiers of the Regiment.
<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22212|page=5514|date=24 December 1858}}</ref>
}}

He died in Dublin on 3 June 1875. His Victoria Cross is displayed in the Cameronians Regimental Museum at [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_Scotland), [Lanarkshire](/source/Lanarkshire), Scotland.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*''[The Register of the Victoria Cross](/source/The_Register_of_the_Victoria_Cross)'' (1981, 1988 and 1997)
*{{cite journal|first=Brian D. H.|last=Clarke|title=A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men|journal=[The Irish Sword](/source/The_Irish_Sword)|volume=XVI|issue=64|pages=185–287|year=1986}}
*''[Ireland's VCs](/source/Ireland's_VCs)'' {{ISBN|1-899243-00-3}} (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
*''[Monuments to Courage](/source/Monuments_to_Courage)'' (David Harvey, 1999)
*''[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross](/source/Irish_Winners_of_the_Victoria_Cross)'' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041216133030/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/dublin.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Dublin)''

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Category:19th-century Irish people
Category:Irish soldiers in the British Army
Category:Military personnel from Dublin (city)
Category:Cameronians soldiers
Category:Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross
Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross
Category:British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross

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