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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 | Eyre | | | First Name(s) | Vincent | | | Titles | Sir | | | Year of Birth | 1811 | | | Year of Death | 1881 | | | Entry | General: son of Capt. Henry Eyre: born Jan. 22, 1811 : educated at Norwich Grammar School, and at Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Artillery, 1828 : was, in 1839, Commissary of Ordnance to the Kabul Field Force : took ordnance stores to Kabul in 1840 : after the rising in Nov. 1841, Eyre and his family started, in Jan. 1842, for India, but were detained by Akbar Khan as hostages : he published a journal of his 9 months' captivity, which terminated on Sep. 21, 1842 : he returned to India with Pollock's force : commanded the Artillery of the Gwalior contingent, 1844 : was at Thayetmyo in Burma in 1857, but was recalled"" to India : on his way up country in July, he heard at Baxar of the siege of Arrah, that is, of some Government officers being besieged there by mutineers : after severe fighting he effected their relief, and defeated Kooer Singh of Jagdishpur, all on his own responsibility : he was recommended for the Victoria Cross : was at the relief of Lucknow in Sep. 1857, commanded the Artillery at the Alambagh : at the capture of Lucknow in March, 1858 : C.B. and Lt-Colonel : Superintendent of the Ishapur Powder Factory: on the Army Amalgamation Commission, and Inspr- General of Ordnance, 1862 : retired, 1863 : K.C.S.I., 1867 : in the Franco- Prussian war he organized an ambulance service for the sick and wounded : died Sep. 22, 1881 : had great qualities as an officer, in literature, and in private life. |
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