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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | 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. |
| Surnames | Godwin | | First Name(s) | Henry Thomas | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1784 | | Year of Death | 1853 | | Entry | Joined the 9th foot in 1799 : served in Hanover in 1805 : in the Peninsula, 1808 : Brevet-Major and C.B. : went to India as Lt-Colonel of the 41st, 1822 : throughout the first Burmese war, 1824-6, including capture of Rangoon and occupation of Martaban : Maj-General, 1846 : commanded a Division in Bengal, 1850 : and held the Command-in-Chief of the Force in the second Burmese war, 1852-3 : captured Rangoon, April, 1852, Bassein in May, Pegu in June : commanded the Sirhind Division : died at Simla, Oct. 26, 1853, from the effects of the Burmese campaigns : made K.C.B., but died before the notification reached him. |
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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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