Garrett O'Moore Creagh
| Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh | |
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General Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh
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| Born |
2 April 1848 Cahirbane, County Clare |
| Died | 9 August 1923 (aged 75) South Kensington, London |
| Buried | East Sheen Cemetery |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
British Army British Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1866–1914 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit |
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot 29th (DCO) Bombay Infantry (2nd Baluch Battalion) |
| Commands held | Commander-in-Chief, India |
| Battles/wars |
Second Anglo-Afghan War Boxer Rebellion |
| Awards |
Victoria Cross Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of India Venerable Order of Saint John Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) |
| Relations | Major General Sir Michael Creagh (son) |
General Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh VC, GCB, GCSI (2 April 1848 – 9 August 1923), known as Sir O'Moore Creagh, was a senior British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Creagh was born in Cahirbane, County Clare, on 2 April 1848, the seventh[2] son of Captain James Creagh, RN, and his wife, Grace O'Moore.
Creagh was married twice, firstly to Mary Longfield (or possibly Brereton) in 1874, who died in 1876, and then to Elizabeth Reade in 1891. He had three children, one of whom was Major General Sir Michael Creagh.
In 1866, after training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Creagh was commissioned into the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot and in 1869 was posted to India, being transferred to the British Indian Army the next year.
Creagh was 31 years old, and a captain in the Bombay Staff Corps during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, when the following deed on 22 April 1879 at Kam Dakka, on the Kabul River, Afghanistan, took place for which he was awarded the VC:
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