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 Death Announcements 1845-1854

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Surname  Battine    
First names  William    
Rank / occupation  Major General    
View all other items of "Unit" with value "Artillery" in "Death Announcements 1845-1854" Unit  Artillery    
Death date  21 July 1851    
Place of death  Lahore    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  Nov 1851    
Page number  553    
Detail  At Lahore, aged 63, Major-Gen. William Battine, C.B. commanding the Cis-Jhelum division of the army, who expired from the effects of a severe bilious intermittent fever. This gallant officer belonged to the Artillery, and his roll of active service embraced the transactions in the Doab in 1808; Bundulcund, 1809-10; the siege of Kalingur, 1812; the command of the Foot Artillery at the siege of Kalingur in 1814; taking Nahud and Jeytuck, 1814-15; in Kumaon, 1815-16; Mahratta war, 1817-18; siege and taking of Hattrass, 1819; and siege and capture of Bhurtpore, 1816, for whicvh last he received his brevet of Lieut.-Colonel.    
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