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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Anson | | First Name(s) | Hon. Augustus Henry Archibald | | Year of Birth | 1835 | | Year of Death | 1877 | | Entry | Younger brother of the Earl of Lichfield : born 1835 : entered the Army 1853, in the Rifle Brigade : in the Crimea : joined the 84th regt. : in the mutiny, was A.D.C. to Sir J. Hope Grant : wounded at the siege of Delhi : at Bulandshahr deserved his V.C., and gained it as a Captain at the capture of the Sikandarbagh on Sir Colin Campbell's relief of Lucknow, Nov. 16, 1857 : died Nov. 17, 1877. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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