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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Mackenzie | | | First names | George | | | Rank/ occupation | Colonel & Hon. | | | Unit | 71st Regiment | | | Death date | 4 Jun 1787 | | | Place of death | Wallajabad  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Apr 1788 | | | Page number | 366 | | | Detail | At Wallajabad, in the East Indies, justly and universally lamented, the Hon. Col. George Mackenzie (brother-german to Lord Macleod), of his Majesty's 71st regiment, and commandant of the second brigade. His remains were conveyed to the garden house of William Balfour, esq. at Madras, escorted by a party of the 19th light dragoons, and a detachment of infantry. Every military honour was paid by the second brigade on the removal of the corpse from Wallajabad. On the evening of the 7th, his body was deposited in the church-yard of Madras. During the funeral ceremony, half-minute guns were fired from the fort, the flag hoisted half-mast high, and three vollies were fired from his Majesty's 14th regiment of Hanoverians over the grave. The Governor, Council, and settlement, civil and military, attended to pay the last tribute to the remains of a gallant soldier and warm friend. |
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