John Connors

In memoriam

To the memory of Private John Connors No. 3 Company 3rd. Foot who died 29th. January 1857 from the effect of a fall from the battlements at Port Neuf. He had been awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous gallantry at the attack on the Redan. This stone is erected by the officers of his company and his comrades as a token of their esteem and regret at his untimely end. Ye know not what shall be on the morrow James Chap. IV - 14.

Crimean War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Davaugh, Ireland, he served as a Private in the 3rd Regiment of Foot, British Army. On September 8, 1855, during the assault on the Redan, Crimea, Private Connors seeing an officer of the 30th Regiment surrounded by the enemy, he rushed to his assistance. He immediately shot one of the Russians and ran his bayonet through another. He then carried on a hand-to-hand encounter against great odds until support came. He later achieved the rank of Corporal and before he could receive his Victoria Cross, Connors tragically died when he fell to his death from the battlements of Port Neuf, on the island of Corfu, where his regiment was then garrisoned. For conspicuous gallantry in the face of the enemy, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross on February 24, 1857.

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