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War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863 [HEIC] |
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Officers of the Bengal Army 1863 - Rank and Services C-E
Date transcribed | 2008-01-31 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Each Officer of the Bengal Army still alive and serving in 1863 is mentioned with his Career Progression and War Service |
| Surname | Eckford | | First Name(s) | J J | | Rank | Captain | | Regiment | ate 5th Europeans | | Commissions | Ensign, 9 Jun 43 / Lieut, 6 Apr 50 / Captain, 29 Jan 58 | | Service | Captain Eckford served with the Army of the Sutlej, 46. In 50, 51, with the 2nd Punjab Infantry on the Kohat and Bunnoo Frontier, against the Hill Wuzeeree Tribes. Present at the siege of of Delhi, 57. Served with the Meerut Volunteers, June 57; against the rebels in the Mynpooree District, May and June 58. Services favorably mentioned by the Governor-General, 7th October 59. Severely wounded on 10th May 57, when defending, as Executive Engineer, the Office and Treasury, 6th Division Grand Trunk Road, against an attack made on it by mutinous sepoys and rebels. (Passed examination in Surveying and Civil Engineering.) |
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Each Officer in the Bengal Army still alive in 1863 is mentioned together with his promotion progression and War Services.
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