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 Death Announcements 1731-1831

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Transcribed bySteve van Dulken

Surname  Morrison    
First names  Joseph Wanton    
Rank/ occupation  Colonel    
Unit  HM 44th Regiment of Infantry    
Death date  15 Feb 1826    
Place of death  Passage from Calcutta on Carn Brea Castle    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  1826 Suppl. Part I    
Page number  643    
Detail  Died at sea, on board the Carn Brea Castle, on the passage from Calcutta, Colonel Joseph Wanton Morrison, C.B. of his Majesty's 44th Reg. of Infantry, late Brigadier-general commanding the south-eastern division of the army acting against the Burmese. This distinguished officer was born at New York, May 4, 1783, and was the only son of John Morrison, esq. at that time Deputy Commissary General in America... [much detail on Arracan campaign, pages 643-645].    
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