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Date transcribed | 2011-05-01 | 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 | Kelly | | First Name(s) | Richard Denis | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1815 | | Year of Death | 1897 | | Entry | Entered the Army, 1834 : son of Colonel Kelly : served in the Crimea : taken prisoner when wounded : in the mutiny commanded the 34th regt. in the actions at Cawnpur, capture of Lucknow and relief of Azimghar : commanded a column in Oudh in 1858-9, and a Field Force in 1859, and on the Nipal frontier : C.B., 1858 : K.C.B., 1860 : retired, 1864 : Maj- General, 1868 : General, 1880 : died July 2, 1897. |
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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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