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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Bradshaw | | | First names | Joseph | | | Rank / occupation | Lieut.-col. |  | Unit | 60th Rifles | | | Death date | 18 Oct 1851 | | | Place of death | Kussowlie  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Feb 1852 | | | Page number | 208 | | | Detail | At Kussowlie, in the north-western provinces of India, Lieut.-Col. Joseph Bradshaw, C.B. 60th Rifles. He entered the army in 1825, became Lieut. in 1826, Captain in 1831, Major in 1836, Lieut.-Colonel in 1841, and in the recent brevet was a Colonel in the army. He commanded the 1st battalion of Rifles at the second siege operations at Mooltan, which commenced 28th Dec. 1848, and again at the battle of Goojerat. Afterwards he accompanied the field force on special service in pursuit of the fugitive Sikh army, until its final surrender at Rawul Pindee. He commanded a brigade during the operations against the Hill tribes in the Ettsofzye country, on the 11th and 14th Dec. 1849, when the enemy, five times the strength of the British force, were routed with great loss. In Feb. 1850, he again commanded the advanced guard both in going to and returning from Kohat, in the expedition against the Affreedi tribe. Colonel Bradshaw was, in 1849, appointed a Commander of the Bath, and had received the war medal for Goojerat. |
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