Edward Jennings VC (ca. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since 1820 – 10 May 1889) Born in Ballinrobe, County Mayo he 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. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ballinrobe (Baile an Róba is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
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He was approximately 42 years old, and a Rough-Rider in the Bengal Artillery, British Indian Army during the Indian rebellion of 1857 when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. The Bengal Regiment is a term ascribed a large number of Regiments first raised for the British Indian Army. See Indian Army for the post-independence (and post- partition) army of the Republic of India. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of Sepoys of British East India Company 's army on the 10th of May 1857 in the town of Meerut,
During the whole of the period 14 November to 22 November 1857, at the Relief of Lucknow, India, Rough-Rider Jennings acted with conspicuous gallantry. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Lucknow is also a mansion in New Hampshire Lucknow ( लखनऊ لکھنؤ Lakhnaū) is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
Elected by the regiment.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum (Woolwich, England). Firepower The Royal Artillery Museum is a military museum in Woolwich in south-east London, England, which tells the story of the Royal Regiment Woolwich (ˈwʊlɪtʃ or /ˈwʊlɪdʒ/ is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River
On the 10 May 1889 Edward Jennings VC died, and was buried in a pauper's grave, unmarked and unattended, one of 190,000 bodies interred in Preston Cemetery, North Shields, North East England. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common North Shields (or locally just Shields) is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North [London Gazette, 24 December 1858]. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Relief of Lucknow, India, 14 November to 22 November 1857, Rough Rider Edward Jennings, Bengal Artillery. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the
For conspicuous gallantry at the Relief of Lucknow. Elected by the officers and men of his regiment. For most of his life Edward Jennings was employed by the local council as a road sweeper and must have fallen on hard times because he sold his Victoria Cross to a private collector.
A memorial service and the placing a headstone on Edward Jennings grave took place at 2pm Wednesday, 10 September 1997 in North Shields. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The service was attended by members of the 7th Royal Horse Artillery and 101 Royal Artillery, other dignitaries included the Vice Lord Lieutenant, the North Tyneside deputy Mayor Councillor Arlene Richardson, and a number of other associations were represented. Three buglers and a piper were present and a volley of shots were fired over the grave.
The headstone was the result of an appeal launched 4 months earlier to raise the necessary £2000.
The whole service was instigated during an exhibition on VC winners held at the Newcastle Central Library earlier in 1997. The exhibition organiser was Phillip Pike of the Victoria Cross Commemoration Society and he was contacted by Edward Jennings' great-granddaughter, Mrs. Kathleen Lough, who lives in New York, North Tyneside. Mrs. Lough, her brothers Brian and John were united with a distant relative, Martin Jennings, 79, who travelled from County Mayo, Ireland. The family presented a citation of the VC to North Tyneside Council.
References
Listed in order of publication year
- 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)
External links
- Location of grave and VC medal (Tyne & Wear)
- News Item (memorial service)
- Edward Jennings on Find-A-Grave
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