Dudley Stagpoole, (1838 – 1 August 1911) was a British Army soldier 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. Early life Stagpoole was born in Killunan, County Galway in 1838. Victoria Cross Stagpoole was about 25 years old, and a Drummer in the 57th Regiment of Foot (later The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), during the Second Taranaki War campaign of the New Zealand Wars when the following deed took place on 2 October 1863 at Allan's Hill near Poutoko in Taranaki, for which he and Ensign John Thornton Down were awarded the VC, and a separate incident at Kaipakopako for which he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal: Further information He died in Ware, Hertfordshire on 1 August 1911. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and Queen's Regiment RHQ, Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent References External links Dudley Stagpoole, his brothers and descendants Location of grave and VC medal (N.W. London) 1838 births 1911 deaths 19th-century Irish people Irish soldiers in the British Army Middlesex Regiment soldiers Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal People from County Galway British military personnel of the New Zealand Wars New Zealand Wars recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army personnel of the Crimean War British military musicians British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross