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 Death Announcements 1845-1854

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Surname  Gennys    
First names  Richard Henn    
Rank / occupation  Esq.    
View all other items of "Unit" with value "44th Bengal NI" in "Death Announcements 1845-1854" Unit  44th Bengal NI    
Death date  9 Feb 1851    
Place of death  Midnapore    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  May 1851    
Page number  574    
Detail  At Midnapore, aged 31, Richard Henn Gennys, esq. of the 44th Bengal Nat. Inf., Assistant to the General Superintendent for the suppression of Thuggee for Moorshedabad. He was the fourth son of the late Edmund Henn Gennys, esq. and youngest brother of E. Henn Gennys, esq. of Whitleigh, Devon. Entering the service in 1839, he soon made himself conspicious as a good officer, and received the appointment of Adjutant of his corps. During the first Seik campaign he was in action, at Ferozoshahr, and shared in the operation against Kote Kangra, under Gen. Wheeler.     
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