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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed	2011-03-01
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	Delafosse
	First Name(s)	Henry George
	Year of Birth	1835
	Year of Death	1905
	Entry	Son of Major Henry Delafosse, C.B. : born 1835 : educated at Addiscombe : entered the Army, 1854, and became a Maj -General, 1887 : served in Indian mutiny : was at Cawnpur, as Lieutenant in the 53rd N.I. : and served with the Artillery in the siege there : on June 22, 1857, showed great bravery in extinguishing the flames of a burning ammunition wagon, which was under severe fire : and was one of the four men who escaped in a boat from the massacre of Europeans at the Sati Chaura Ghat on June 27, 1857 in Havelock's relief of Lucknow, and the retaking of Cawnpur : in the Sikhim expedition, 1861 : in the Umbeyla campaign, 1863 : C.B., 1887 : retired 1887: died Feb 10, 1905.

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