Harry Lyster

Date of Birth	24-December-1830
Place of Birth	Blackrock, Dublin (County Dublin, DÃºn Laoghaireâ€“Rathdown)
Nationality	United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
Also know as	Lieutenant General Harry Hammon Lyster VC, CB
Profession	Military Officer, Soldier
Lieutenant General Harry Hammon Lyster VC, CB was an Anglo-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.

Awards by Harry Lyster

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Victoria Cross	(Date of Act of Bravery, 23rd May, 1858 For gallantly charging and breaking, singly, a skirmishing square of the retreating Rebel Army from Calpee, and killing two or three Sepoys, in the conflict. Major-General Sir Hugh Henry Rose, G.C.B., reports that this Act of Bravery was witnessed by himself and by Lieutenant Colonel Gall, C.B., of the 14th Light Dragoons)