HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS

William Temple VC

Gravestone Inscription

In Loving Memory of
ANNE THEODOSIA
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
LT. COL. W. TEMPLE V.C.
DIED 9TH JANUARY 1914
AGED 70 YEARS
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ALSO OF LT. COL. WILLIAM TEMPLE V.C.
DIED 13 FEBRUARY 1919

Details of Award
For gallant conduct during the assault on the enemy's position at Rangiriri, in New Zealand, on the 20th November, 1863, together with another officer, in exposing their lives to imminent danger, in crossing the entrance of the Maori keep, at a point upon which the enemy had concentrated their fire, with a view to render assistance to the wounded and more especially to the late Captain Mercer, of the Royal Artillery.

Military Career
1858 - Assistant Surgeon
1859 - Transferred to Royal Artillery as an Assistant Surgeon
1860 - 1866 Served in New Zealand, Taranaki Campaign and saw action at Teairei, Rangiriri, Rangiawhia
1867 - To Staff
1868 - Surgeon, Army Medical Department
1873 - Surgeon
1873 - Surgeon Major stationed in Portsmouth and in charge of the Station Hospital, Portsea
1877 - Staff Surgeon
1884-1889 Served in India, Lieutenant-Colonel and as Secretary to Surgeon-General of the Indian Army Medical Services
1885 - Brigade Surgeon
1886-1889 Honorary Surgeon to His Excellency the Viceroy of India, in recognition of his services to India 1889 - Retired

Life in Southsea
William Temple and his family lived at "Moray House", Waverley Grove, Southsea (1881)