Harry Prendergast

Sir Harry Prendergast
Prendergast in 1886
Born15 October 1834
Madras, India
Died24 July 1913 (aged 78)
Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey
Buried
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branchMadras Army
 British Army
 British Indian Army
Years of service1854–1892
RankGeneral
UnitMadras Engineers
Royal Engineers
Battles / warsAnglo-Persian War
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Abyssinian War
Third Anglo-Burmese War
AwardsVictoria Cross
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
RelationsThomas Prendergast (father)
General Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean (son-in-law)[1]

General Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast, VC, GCB (15 October 1834 – 24 July 1913) was a British military officer who served with the Madras Army and the Indian Army. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of British and, in imperial times, Commonwealth forces.

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