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 Death Announcements 1845-1854

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Surname  Paynter    
First names  Howell    
Rank / occupation  Lieut.-col.    
View all other items of "Unit" with value "HM 24th Foot" in "Death Announcements 1845-1854" Unit  HM 24th Foot    
Death date  13 Nov 1851    
Place of death  Bath    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  Jan 1852    
Page number  107    
Detail  At Bath, in consequence of a wound received at the battle of Chillianwallah, on the 13th Jan, 1849, in his 40th year, Lieut.-Col. Howell Paynter, C.B. late commanding H.M. 24th Foot. This officer entered the army in 1828, served as an Ensign in the 56th Regt. from 1828 to 1833, in which latter year he was appointed Lieut. in the 24th; he obtained his company in 1842, his majority in 1846, and, for his services at Chillianwallah, was promoted to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the 24th on the 14th of Jan. 1849. He was also in the same year nominated a Companion of the Bath.    
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