Edward Jennings (VC)

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{{Infobox military person
|name=Edward Jennings
|honorific_suffix=
|birth_date=c. 1820
|death_date={{death date|df=y|1889|5|10}}
|birth_place=[[Ballinrobe]], [[County Mayo]]
|death_place=[[North Shields]], [[England]]
|placeofburial=Preston Cemetery, North Shields
|image=Edward Jennings VC.png
|image_size=
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}}
|serviceyears=
|rank=[[Rough Rider (Rank)|Rough Rider]]
|branch=[[Bengal Army]]
|commands=
|unit=Bengal Artillery
|battles=
{{plainlist|
*[[First Anglo-Sikh War]]
*[[Indian Mutiny]]
}}
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
|laterwork=
}}
'''Edward Jennings''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (ca. 1820 – 10 May 1889) was an [[Irish people|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 [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Details==
He was approximately 37 years old, and a Rough-Rider in the [[Bengal Artillery]], [[Bengal Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deeds took place at the [[Relief of Lucknow]] for which he was awarded the VC:
{{quote|Elected respectively, under the 13th clause of the Royal Warrant of the 29th of January, 1856, by the Officers and non-commissioned officers generally, and by the private soldiers of each troop or battery, for conspicuous gallantry at the relief of Lucknow, from the 14th to the 22nd of November, 1857.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22212|page=5516|date=24 December 1858}}</ref>}}

==Legacy==
For most of his life Edward Jennings was employed by the local council as a road sweeper and must have fallen on hard times as he sold his Victoria Cross to a private collector. His Victoria Cross is owned by the Royal Artillery and is not on public display.

Edward Jennings VC died on 10 May 1889 and was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave, one of 190,000 bodies interred in Preston Cemetery, [[North Shields]], North East England. In 1997 an appeal was launched to raise the necessary £2000 to place a headstone on Edward Jennings grave. A memorial service at graveside took place on 10 September 1997 to dedicate the new headstone.<ref>[http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/bbjennin.htm News Item] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104004719/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/bbjennin.htm |date=2005-01-04 }}: (memorial service)</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
'''Listed in order of publication year '''
*''[[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]]|volume=XVI|issue=64|pages=185–287|year=1986}}
*''[[Ireland's 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)

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040628143323/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/tynewear.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Tyne & Wear)''
*{{Find a Grave|11360852}}

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[[Category:1820s births]]
[[Category:1889 deaths]]
[[Category:19th-century Irish people]]
[[Category:Bengal Artillery soldiers]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the First Anglo-Sikh War]]
[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:Irish soldiers in the British East India Company Army]]
[[Category:Military personnel from County Mayo]]
[[Category:People from North Shields]]

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