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Adding local short description: "Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross", overriding Wikidata description "Recipient of the Victoria Cross" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Use Irish English|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Bernard Diamond
| honorific_suffix =
| birth_date = {{birth-date|January 1827}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|24 January 1892|January 1827}}
| birth_place = [[Portglenone]], [[County Antrim]]
| death_place = [[Masterton]], New Zealand
| placeofburial = Masterton Cemetery
| image = Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
| image_size = 125
| caption =
| nickname =
| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| serviceyears =
| rank = [[Sergeant]]
| branch = [[Bengal Army]]
| commands =
| unit = [[Bengal Horse Artillery]]
| battles =
{{plainlist|
* [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]
* [[Indian Mutiny]]
}}
| awards = [[Victoria Cross]]
| laterwork =
}}

[[File:Bernard Diamond VC.jpg|thumb|right|Bernard Diamond's grave site in Masterton]]
'''Bernard Diamond''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (January 1827 – 24 January 1892) in [[Portglenone]], [[County Antrim]], [[Ireland]] was a 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 30 years old, and a [[sergeant]] in the [[Bengal Horse Artillery]], [[Bengal Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 28 September 1857 at [[Bolandshahr]], [[India]] for which he and Gunner [[Richard Fitzgerald]] was awarded the Victoria Cross:
{{quote|"For an act of valour performed in action against the rebels and mutineers at Boolundshur, on the 28th September, 1857, when these two soldiers evinced the most determined bravery in working their gun under a very heavy fire of musketry, whereby they cleared the road of the enemy, after every other man belonging to it had been either killed or disabled by wounds.
(Despatch of Major Turner, Bengal Horse Artillery, dated Boolundshur, 2 October 1857.)<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22131/pages/2051 London Gazette]</ref>}}

==Further information==
He died in [[Masterton]], New Zealand on 24 January 1892<ref>{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18920125.2.25 | title=Death of a veteran | date=25 January 1892 | work=The Sun | accessdate=20 January 2016 | page=3}}</ref> after emigrating, and was buried at the Archer Street Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mstn.govt.nz/services/cemetery/index.php?record=000584 |title=Cemetery search |date= |website= |publisher=Masterton District Council |accessdate=20 January 2016}}</ref>

==The medal==
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[QEII Army Memorial Museum]] in [[Waiouru]], New Zealand.

==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]]'' (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
* ''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
* ''[[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross]]'' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [http://www.derryjournal.com/ballymena-heritage/Bernard-Diamond--Portglenone39s-VC.3195691.jp DerryJournal:Bernard Diamond – Portglenone's VC winner]
* {{Find a Grave|11311187|accessdate=11 August 2010}}

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[[Category:1892 deaths]]
[[Category:19th-century Irish people]]
[[Category:Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:British East India Company Army soldiers]]
[[Category:People from Portglenone]]
[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:Irish emigrants to New Zealand (before 1923)]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Sikh War]]
[[Category:Burials at Archer Street Cemetery]]

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