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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Dennie    
First Name(s)  William Henry    
Year of Birth  1785?    
Year of Death  1842    
Entry  Born about 1785 : son of Henry Dennie : joined the 22nd regt., 1802, in India : served in Lord Lake's campaigns, 1804-5 : at the taking of the Mauritius, 1810 : in the 13th regt. in the first Burmese war: Brevet- Lt-Colonel : C.B. : in the Afghan war, 1838-9: commanded a Brigade: led the storming party at Ghazni : to Kabul: defeated part of Dost Muhammad's army at Bameean, Sep. 18, 1840 : after which the Dost surrendered: went with Sir R. Sale's force from Kabul to Jalalabad, 1841 : in the siege there, Nov. 1841-April 1842 : commanded after Sale was wounded : was fatally wounded in a sortie on April 6, 1842 : was A.D.C. to the Queen : his services inadequately recognized : wrote a Narrative of Campaigns in Sind, Beluchistan, and Afghanistan, published 1843.     
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