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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Audrey Green et al | | Comment | Reports of Deaths in the London Times relevant to India
Complete years: 1785-1804, 1816, 1851, 1854
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| | Burial Year | 1815 | | | First Names | David | | | Surname | Forbes | | | Place of Death | Banda  | | | Source Year | 1816 | | | Source Edition | January 1st | | | Entry | Lately at Banda, in the East Indies, David Forbes, Esq. Governor of that island & second son of the late George Forbes, Esq. of Aberdeen. In the successful attack by land in August 1810, upon the Dutch island of Tanatte by the British, commanded by this gallant Officer, he so eminently distinguished himself, that for this service he received the thanks of the Government of India. He fell a victim in the prime of his life, (36 years) to the fever so prevalent in those settlements, after serving his company for 17 years. |
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