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VC266 William Martin Cafe
BORN 23 March 1826
DIED 6 August 1906 AGE 80
VC Won 15 April 1858 AGE 32
Place VC Won Fort Ruhya
War/Campaign The Indian Mutiny
Name William Martin Cafe No.
VC Issue No. 266 Awards VC
Regiment 56th Bengal Native Infantry
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career General
Place Of Birth London, England
Place Of Death At his home, 16 Wetherby Place, South Kensington, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, West Brompton, West London, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Compartment 5 East
Gazetted 17 February 1860
VC Presented December 1860, India
Memorials
P Headstone, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, West Brompton, West London
By The Way…
The gravestone originally had stained glass in the circle on the cross, but has long since gone.
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
