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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 | Cox | | First Name(s) | Charles Vyvyan | | Year of Birth | 1819 | | Entry | Maj-General : son of the Rev. John Cox, Rector of Cheddington and Vicar of Stockland : born Sep. 24, 1819 : educated at King's School, Sherborne, and Military Academy, Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Artillery, 1838 : served in the Gwalior campaign, 1843-4 : Satlaj campaign, 1845-6 : present at the battles of Mudki, Firozshahr and Sobraon : Panjab campaign, 1848-9 : present at battles of the Chenab, Chilianwala and Gujarat : throughout the Indian mutiny, 1857 : retired in 1872 : C.B. in 1871. |
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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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