See also

Family of Thomas CADELL and Anna C. DALMAHOY

  • Husband:

  • Thomas CADELL (1835-1919)

  • Wife:

  • Anna C. DALMAHOY (1838-1876)

  • Marriage:

  • 18 Apr 1867

  • Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland1

Husband: Thomas CADELL

Wife: Anna C. DALMAHOY

  • Name:

  • Anna C. DALMAHOY1,2,6,7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 29 Dec 1838

  • Edinbro, edinbroshire6,7

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Mar 1839 (age 0)

  • Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland7

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 22-23)

  • Edinburgh St George, Midlothian, Scotland6

  •  

  • Relation to Head of House: Daughter

  • Death:

  • 31 Aug 1876 (age 37)

  • India2

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland2

Note on Husband: Thomas CADELL - shared note

Less Waring says that he won the VC at Delhi for action s on 12 June 1857 He was later a Colonel He was 21 years old, and a Lieutenant (Lieutenant: A commissioned military officer) in the 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers (later The Royal Munster Fusiliers) during the Indian Mutiny (Indian Mutiny: Discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and seiges (notably the seige at Lucknow)) when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 12 June 1857 at Delhi (Delhi: A city in north central India) , India (India: A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) , during the siege, Lieutenant Cadell brought in a wounded bugler of his own regiment under most severe fire. Later on the same day, when the Fusiliers were retiring, this officer went back of his own accord and, accompanied by three men, brought in a severely wounded man under heavy fire from the advancing enemy.

Sources

1.

Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

2.

Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

3.

Graden, Debra, comp, Indian Army Quarterly List for 1 January 1912, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

4.

Ancestry.com, UK, Victoria Cross Medals, 1857-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Ancestry.com.

5.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cadell.

6.

Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Parish: Edinburgh St George; ED: 5; Page: 17; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1861_126. Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

7.

Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.