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Death Announcements 1731-1831
Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| Surname | Petrie | | First names | George | | Rank/ occupation | Lieut.-Colonel | | Unit | 72nd Regiment | | Death date | 1797 | | Place of death | Colombo | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | Date | Apr 1797 | | Page number | 356 | | Detail | At Colombo, in the island of Ceylon, after a long and severe illness, contracted by the fatigues of actual service in the field, and increased by disappointment in the line of his promotion, Lieut. Col. George Petrie, of the 72d Regiment, universally lamented by the army with whom he had served with distinguished reputation, and who, by their general regret for his loss, paid an honourable tribute to his reputation as an officer and a gentleman. |
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