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John Thornton Down VC (2 March 1842 – 27 April 1866) 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. ==Details== Down was 21 years old, and an ensign in the 57th Regiment of Foot (later The Middlesex Regiment), British Army during the Second Taranaki War (one of the campaigns in the New Zealand Wars), when the following deed took place on 2 October 1863 at Poutoko, New Zealand for which he and Drummer Dudley Stagpoole were awarded the VC:〔''In the Face of the Enemy'' by Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson p. 36 (2006, Auckland, HarperCollins) ISBN 1-86950-522-0〕 Down died of fever at Camp Otahuhu, New Zealand on 27 April 1866. His grave in Otahuhu (Holy Trinity) Churchyard is maintained by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.〔(list of historic graves and monuments maintained by the Ministry )〕
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