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VC116   Matthew Rosamund

BORN   13 July 1823

DIED   14 July 1866  AGE   43

VC Won  4 June 1857  AGE 33

Place VC Won  Benares

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Matthew Rosamund  No.   

VC Issue No.   116   Awards   VC   

Regiment   37th Bengal Native Infantry

Later   Disbanded

Now   

Rank VC Won   Sergeant-Major

Rank End Of Career   Lieutenant

Place Of Birth   Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire, England

Place Of Death   Red Sea

Buried/Location Ashes  Presumably buried in the Red Sea, Arabia/ Africa

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone      Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   23 August 1858

VC Presented   February 1859, India

Memorials

P  Blue plaque, Regis House, Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire

By The Way…

Correct spelling of name is Rosamond

VC Held By

Unknown

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