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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Balfour | | | Rank / occupation | Major |  | Unit | 32nd Regiment | | | Death date | 10 July 1850 | | | Place of death | Govindghur  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Nov 1850 | | | Page number | 565 | | | Detail | At Govindghur, Major Balfour, 32nd Regt. He entered the service in 1829 as an Ensign in the 72nd Highlanders, with which regiment he served at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Kafir War of 1834 and 1835 was aide-de-camp to Sir Harry Smith. Subsequently he exchanged to the 32nd Regiment, with which he was present at the first and second sieges of Mooltan (dangerously wounded) in 1848; also at the surrender of the fort and garrison of Cheniote; and for his services at the decisive battle of Goojerat was promoted to the rank of brevet-Major. |
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