O'Moore Creagh (VC, GCB, GCSI) 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.

Details

He was 31 years old, and a Captain in the Bombay Staff Corps , Indian Army during the Second Afghan War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 12/22 April 1879 at Kam Dakka , on the Kabul River, Afghanistan, Captain Creagh, who had been ordered to take a detachment of 150 men to protect the village against a threatened incursion of the Mohmands, had to repel an attack by about 1500 of the enemy. The inhabitants of Kam Dakka joined with the Mohmands and Captain Creagh's force was compelled to retire, so he took up a position in a cemetery and held it, repulsing repeated attacks with the bayonet until a relief force arrived, when the enemy was finally routed and many of them were driven into the river.

Further information

Later Sir O'Moore. He later achieved the rank of General.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum (Chelsea, England).

Reference

• Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
• Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

See also

External links

• Location of grave and VC medal (Surrey)

This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.