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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 | Blackwood | | First Name(s) | George Frederick | | Year of Birth | 1838 | | Year of Death | 1880 | | Entry | Major : son of Major William Blackwood of the Bengal Army : born 1838 : educated at the Edinburgh Academy, and Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Artillery : Lieut., 1857 : in the mutiny served with the Rohilkund movable column : commanded the Artillery in the Lushai expedition of 1871-2 under General Bourchier {q.v.) : at Tipai Mukh and other actions : Brevet Major : commanded the Artillery under General Burrows at Maiwand on July 27, 1880 : fell in battle : his little band of men was the last which made any stand against Ayub Khan's forces. |
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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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