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04 March-Sergeant Major John Lucas VC

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John Lucas was a native of Co Carlow Ireland. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for Gallantry in 1862. He won the award at the age of 35 for his actions during Taranaki-Maori War in New Zealand. The Victoria Cross is awarded for ‘most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy’. The Victoria Cross has been awarded to 168 soldiers from Ireland, two of whom were born in County Carlow.

John Lucas who was born at Clashganny, Borris, Co Carlow in 1826. He was serving as a Colour Sergeant with the 40th Regiment of Foot of the British army in New Zealand in 1861. Colour Sergeant Lucas and his party were acting as skirmishers on the Western side of the North Island of New Zealand during the Taranaki-Maori War. They were ambushed at Huirangi Bush and three of the party were wounded. For his actions during the ambush on March 18th 1861, Lucas was awarded the Victoria Cross.

The citation for the award read: Three men being wounded simultaneously, two of them mortally, assistance was called for in order to have them carried to the rear: a file was immediately sent, but had scarcely arrived, when one of them fell, and Lieutenant Rees was wounded at the same time. Colour-Sergeant Lucas, under heavy fire from Maori warriors, who were not more than thirty yards distant, immediately ran up to the assistance of this Officer, and sent one man with him to the rear. He then took charge of the arms belonging to the killed and wounded men, and maintained his position until the arrival of supports under Lieutenants Gibson and Whelan.

Lucas was presented with his Victoria Cross at Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland, New Zealand on October 1st 1862. He was later promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major. When Sergeant Major Lucas retired from the British Army he returned to Ireland. He lived at ‘The Lodge’ Parkgate Street Dublin, the main entrance to the Phoenix Park, until he died in 1892. He is buried at St James cemetery on James’s Street in Dublin. His Victoria Cross is held at the South Lancashire Regiment Museum in Warrington, England.

John Lucas, a native of Co Carlow Ireland who was awarded the Victoria Cross for Gallantry in 1862 for his actions during Taranaki-Maori War in New Zealand, died in Dublin aged 66 in the year 1892 On This Day.

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Sergeant Major John Lucas VC

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27 February-Louis Vuitton

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Louis Vuitton was a fashion designer and businessman, who was a native of France. In 1874 he founded the iconic fashion House of Louis Vuitton. Today it is one of the world’s leading fashion houses and operates in fifty countries around the world.

Louis Vuitton was born in Anchay, Jura, France on August 4th 1821. At the age of 16 he moved to Paris where he was employed by a box-making company. In 1854 he opened his own box-making workshop in Paris, specializing in packing fashions.

Vuitton was hired by the wife of Emperor Napoleon III as personal box maker and packer. This allowed him gain access to elite clients and helped to establish his firm. Following his death in 1892 his son Georges Vuitton took over the management of the company.

Louis Vuitton, fashion designer and businessman who founded the iconic fashion House of Louis Vuitton in 1874, died aged 70 in the year 1892 On This Day.

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15 March-Escalator

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An escalator is motor-driven moving staircase. It is used to convey people from one floor to another. The first working escalator was installed as an amusement park ride at Coney Island, New York in 1896. It was invented and built by Jesse Wilford Reno who was an engineer.

The first escalator was designed by Nathan Ames from Massachusetts in 1859. However it was never built. The escalator installed by Reno at Coney Island was just over two metres long and was inclined at an angle of 25 degrees. He later built escalators for the subway systems in various American cities and for the London Underground.

Jesse Wilford Reno was granted a patent for the first working escalator in the year 1892 On This Day.

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Reno Escalator

Image from page 772 of “The street railway review”

 

 

 

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18 January-Oliver Hardy

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Oliver Hardy was a comic actor who was a native of America. He is best known as a member of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy. Stan Laurel was a comic actor, writer and film director who was a native of England. The comedy duo became well known for their slapstick comedy films during the first half of the 20th century.

Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia in 1892. He was a gifted singer who appeared in minstrel shows form a young age. At the age of 18 he was managing a movie theatre and began his career as a comedy actor at the age of 21. In 1914 he made his first movie ‘Outwitting Dad’. Hardy appeared in several movies before moving to Los Angeles in 1917.

In 1921 Oliver Hardy made his first film with Stan Laurel. Laurel and Hardy officially became a team in 1927. The duo went on to appear in 107 films, including The Music Box, Way Out West, Men O’ War, Another Fine Mess, Sons of the Desert, Block-Heads and Busy Bodies. Oliver Hardy was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. In his hometown of Harlem there is a Laurel and Hardy Museum.

Oliver Hardy, best known as a member of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy, was born in the year 1892 On This Day.

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Oliver Hardy

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Laurel & Hardy

 

 

 

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28 January-David Tidmarsh

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David Tidmarsh, who was a decorated flying ace during World War I, was a native of Limerick, Ireland. He was awarded the Military Cross by King George V in 1916. Tidmarsh also served as a temporary squadron leader in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during World War II.

David Mary Tidmarsh was born in Lota, Limerick in 1892. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment in April 1915 at the age of 23. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was appointed a Flying Officer in January 1916.

Tidmarsh was credited with seven aerial victories while flying with the Royal Flying Corps (Royal Airforce from 1917) during World War I. He was awarded the Military Cross for ‘conspicuous gallantry’ on the 31st of May 1916. He was shot down in aerial combat on the 11th April 1917 and spent the remainder of the war in a prisoner of war camp.

After the War Tidmarsh was repatriated and discharged from the RAF. He re-joined the RAF at the beginning of World War II and was promoted to squadron leader in September 1942. He resigned his commission due to ill-health in January 1944 and returned to Ireland. He died aged 52 at a nursing home in Dublin on the 27th of November 1944.

David Tidmarsh was born in Limerick in the year 1892 On This Day.

Second Lieutenant David M. Tidmarsh

By South Dublin County Council

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