Joseph Ward VC (; 1832 – 23 November 1872) was born in Kinsale, County Cork, and 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 Ward was about 26 years old, and a sergeant in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 17 June 1858 at Gwalior, India, Sergeant Ward – together with Captain Clement Walker Heneage, Farrier George Hollis and Private John Pearson – was in a charge made by a squadron of the 8th Hussars when, supported by a division of the Bombay Horse Artillery and the 95th Regiment, they routed the enemy and captured two of the enemy's guns. Their citation read: Further information He died at Longford on 23 November 1872. References Listed in order of publication year The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997) Ireland's VCs (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 (Co. Longford, Ireland) 1832 births 1872 deaths 19th-century Irish people Irish soldiers in the British Army People from Kinsale Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars soldiers Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Military personnel from County Cork Burials in the Republic of Ireland