1834 - 1872 (37 years)
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Name |
Valentine Munbee McMaster |
Suffix |
VC |
Birth |
16 May 1834 |
Trichinopoly, India |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
22 Jan 1872 |
Ireland |
Burial |
City Cemetery, Belfast |
Person ID |
I83456 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
10 Nov 2023 |
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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
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