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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Reid | | First Name(s) | Charles | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | Birth Year | 1819 | | Death Year | 1901 | | Entry | General : son of George Reid : entered the E. I. Co.'s service in 1835 : served in Upper Sind under Sir C. Napier, 1843 : in the Satlaj campaign was at Badiwal, Aliwal, Sobraon : in the Burma war, 1852-3 : in the mutiny commanded the Sirmur battalion of Gurkhas, at Badli- ka-sarai and siege of Delhi, commanding the advanced posts on right of the Ridge : repulsed 26 separate attacks : commanded the fourth column of the assault on Sep. 14, 1857 : severely wounded : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : in the Oudh campaign, 1858-9 : Colonel: A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Maj-General, 1867 : General, 1877: K.C.B., 1871 : G.C.B., 1886 : died Aug. 23, 1901. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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