Valentine Munbee McMaster, VC
1834 - 1872 (37 years)-
Name Valentine Munbee McMaster Suffix VC Born 16 May 1834 Trichinopoly, India 
Gender Male Died 22 Jan 1872 Ireland Buried City Cemetery, Belfast Person ID I175112 My Genealogy Last Modified 19 Nov 2018
Family Eleanor Burmester, b. Abt 1851 Married Jun 1870 Halifax, Nova Scotia Children 1. Bryce McMaster 2. Second son McMaster, b. Halifax, Nova Scotia Last Modified 19 Nov 2018 Family ID F11022 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - An assistant surgeon in the 78th Regiment of Foot (later The Seaforth Highlanders Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's) during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 25 September 1857, at the Siege of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC:
'For the intrepidity with which he exposed himself to the fire of the enemy, in bringing in, and attending to, the wounded, on the 25th of September, at Lucknow.'
He was survived by his wife and six year old son, Bryce
- An assistant surgeon in the 78th Regiment of Foot (later The Seaforth Highlanders Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's) during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 25 September 1857, at the Siege of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC: