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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote 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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