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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Greathed    
First Name(s)  William Wilberforce Harris    
Year of Birth  1826    
Year of Death  1878    
Entry  Son of Edward Greathed : born Dec. 21, 1826 : educated at Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Sappers and Miners at Meerut in 1846 : was in the siege and capture, Jan. 2, 1849, of Multan : present at Gujarat : Consulting Engineer for Railways at Allahabad, 1855-7 : in the mutiny, he twice conveyed despatches from Agra to Meerut through the mutineers : was at the siege of Delhi, directing the left attack : severely wounded : was at several engagements as Engineer of the Doab Field Force : directed as Engineer at the attack on Lucknow and its capture : C.B. : and Brevet-Major : was A.D.C. to Sir R. Napier in China : at the capture of Pekin : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : Assistant Military Secretary to the Horse Guards, 1861- 5: Head of the Irrigation Department, N.W.P., 1867-75 : made the Agra and Lower Ganges canals : retired from India, 1876 : died Dec. 29, 1878 : Maj-General.     
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