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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Turner | | | First names | John | | | Rank/ occupation | Lieutenant | | | Unit | HM 36th Foot | | | Death date | Jun 1791 | | | Place of death | Mysore Country  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | 1791 Suppl. Part 2 | | | Page number | 1234 | | | Detail | In Camp, in the Mysore country, in India, Mr. John Turner, lieutenant of grenadiers in his Majesty's 36th regiment of foot, under the command of Earl Cornwallis. He was in the action with Colonel Floyd, at Settemungulam, when his detachment gained great honour by repelling a large force which Tippoo Saib had sent to cut off their retreat. He was present at the storming the Pettah, previous to the attack of the strong fortress of Bangalore, was one of those who went upon the forlorn hope, and entered the breach at the taking of Bangalore, and afterwards assisted in the gallant defence of it against the far superior force of Tippoo, who attempted to retake it. Those who had the happiness of being intimately acquainted with, and in whose hearts his memory will ever remain embalmed, best can tell how all the virtues which adorn the soldier and the man were heightened by the tenderest affection, by gentleness of manners, and a natural ease and politeness of demeanour, and by unremitted attention to his duty. His mental accomplishments were not confined to the knowledge of his profession, for he had made a happy progress in polite literature. This good and amiable character resigned himself to the will of God, happy in the assidious and affectionate attention of his brother officers, both in life and at his death. |
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