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	The christening record for Matthew Rosamond in 1823 shows his parents as George Rosamond and his wife Elizabeth. Matthew Rosamond married Bridget Mahoney in Agra, West Bengal on 21 July 1851. The English 1861 census for Eaton Socon in Bedfordshire, shows Matthew Rosamond home from India five years before his death. Just prior to his death, he married Alice Wollen in 1865 in Serampore, Bengal, India.		The christening record for Matthew Rosamond in 1823 shows his parents as George Rosamond and his wife Elizabeth. Matthew Rosamond married Bridget Mahoney in Agra, West Bengal on 21 July 1851. The English 1861 census for Eaton Socon in Bedfordshire, shows Matthew Rosamond home from India five years before his death. Just prior to his death, he married Alice Wollen in 1865 in Serampore, Bengal, India.

	Rosamond was born in the village of [[St. Neots]], [[Huntingdonshire]] (some records say Swallow Cliffe, Wiltshire; other says Seaton Town, Bedfordshire), the son and grandson of soldiers.{{citation needed\|date=January ~~2022~~}}		Rosamond was born in the village of [[St. Neots]], [[Huntingdonshire]] (some records say Swallow Cliffe, Wiltshire; other says Seaton Town, Bedfordshire), the son and grandson of soldiers.{{citation needed\|date=January 2011}}

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{{Infobox military person
|name=Matthew Rosamond
|birth_date=12 July 1823
|death_date=14 July 1866 (aged 43)
|birth_place= [[St. Neots]], [[Huntingdonshire]]
|death_place=[[Red Sea]]
|placeofburial=[[Buried at sea]]
|image=Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
|image_size=125
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|serviceyears=
|rank=[[Lieutenant]]
|branch=[[Bengal Army]]<br />[[British Indian Army]]
|commands=
|unit=
|battles=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
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}}
'''Matthew Rosamond''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (12 July 1823 – 14 July 1866) was an [[England|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 [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

The christening record for Matthew Rosamond in 1823 shows his parents as George Rosamond and his wife Elizabeth. Matthew Rosamond married Bridget Mahoney in Agra, West Bengal on 21 July 1851. The English 1861 census for Eaton Socon in Bedfordshire, shows Matthew Rosamond home from India five years before his death. Just prior to his death, he married Alice Wollen in 1865 in Serampore, Bengal, India.

Rosamond was born in the village of [[St. Neots]], [[Huntingdonshire]] (some records say Swallow Cliffe, Wiltshire; other says Seaton Town, Bedfordshire), the son and grandson of soldiers.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

==Victoria Cross==
Rosamund was 33 years old, and a [[sergeant-major]] in the 37th [[Bengal Native Infantry]], [[Bengal Army]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed on 4 June 1857 at [[Benares]] led to the award of the Victoria Cross for Rosamund, Sergeant-Major [[Peter Gill (VC)|Peter Gill]] and Private [[John Kirk (soldier)|John Kirk]]:
{{quote|This Non-Commissioned Officer volunteered to accompany Lieutenant-Colonel Spottiswoode, Commanding the 37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to the right of the Lines, in order to set them on fire, with the view of driving out the Sepoys,—on the occasion of the outbreak at Benares, on the evening of the 4th of June, 1857; and also volunteered, with Serjeant-Major Gill, of the Loodiana
Regiment, to bring off Captain Brown, Pension Paymaster, his wife and infant, and also some others, from a detached Bungalow, into the Barracks. His conduct was highly meritorious, and he has been since promoted.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22176|page=3903|date=24 August 1858}}</ref>}}

Rosamund later achieved the rank of [[lieutenant]] but died on board ship and was buried in the [[Red Sea]] at the age of 43. His VC medal was sold at auction in 1903 and has not been located since.

A blue plaque has been erected in the village of Eaton Socon in Bedfordshire with the correct spelling of his surname which reads "Matthew Rosamond VC – On 4th June 1857 Matthew Rosamond, a relative of the Rosamond bakers on this site, won the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny. He died on the Red Sea on 14th July 1866 and was buried at sea. This building was built by Budd's Bakers as a new bakehouse around 1930, replacing a much older timber framed property."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAQTD_Matthew_Rosamond_VC_Great_North_Road_Eaton_Socon_St_Neots_Cambridgeshire_UK |title=Matthew Rosamond VC – Great North Road, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, UK – Blue Plaques on |publisher=Waymarking.com |date=2011-02-14 |accessdate=2022-05-04}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:British recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:British East India Company Army soldiers]]
[[Category:1823 births]]
[[Category:1866 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:People from St Neots]]
[[Category:Burials at sea]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Cambridgeshire]]

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