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Joseph Malone VC (11 January 1833 -28 June 1883)
was an English 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.
He was 21 years old, and a sergeant in the 13th Light Dragoons (later 13th Hussars), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 25 October 1854 at Balaclava, Crimea (Charge of the Light Brigade), Sergeant Malone, while returning on foot from the charge, in which his horse had been shot, stopped under very heavy fire and helped a troop sergeant-major (John Berryman) and other sergeant (John Farrell) to move a very severely wounded officer (who subsequently died) out of range of the guns.
He later transferred to the 6th Dragoons and in 1858 was commissioned as a Riding Master. In 1881, along with other Riding Masters, he was granted the honorary rank of Captain.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the 13th/18th Royal Hussars Museum (Queen Mary's Own) (Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England).
He is the great-grandfather of British actress Sally Ann Howes.
It was during the Charge of the Light Brigade that Corporal Joseph Malone won his VC, in assisting the wounded Captain Webb to safety. After the Crimean War Malone returned to Ireland, then to India and finally to Pinetown, where as Captain Malone he died in 1883 of typhoid. He is buried in St Andrews Churchyard, and although his gravestone can be visited, most of the Churchyard is now a car park: an inglorious resting place for a hero of the Charge of the Light Brigade. His descendants lent his medals to a relative who sold them for $250. They were, however, eventually bought by his regiment - now the 13th/18th Royal Hussars - at auction at Sotheby's in 1988, and are held today at the regimental museum in Barnsley, in the north of England
Joseph Malone - V.C won October 25th 1854, serving with the 13th Light Dragoons at Balaclava, Crimea, Charge of the Light Brigade - buried Kings Rd Cemetery, Pinetown.
Name - Joseph, MALONE
Rank - Captain & Riding Master
Force - 13th Light Dragoons (13th Hussars)
VC won - Crimea, 25 October 1854 *
London Gaz - 25 September 1857
Born - Eccles Manchester England 11 January 1833
Died - Pinetown Natal 28th June 1883
Grave - St Andrew's Churchyard, Pinetown
Location of VC - 13th/18th Hussars Museum, Barnsley
Remarks - * Charge of the Light Brigade
