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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Baldwin | | | First names | George | | | Rank / occupation | Major |  | Unit | 31st Foot | | | Death date | Dec 1845 ? | | | Place of death | Ferozeshah ?  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | May 1846 | | | Page number | 538 | | | Detail | Officers slain in India. Of wounds received at Ferozeshah. Major George Baldwin, 31st Foot. His service had extended to a period of 36 years. He was at the siege of Flushing with the 36th, served the campaign of 1815 with the 14th, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. He became Captain in the 31st, Feb. 12, 1828, and was engaged with it throughout the campaign of 1842 in Affghanistan, under Gen. Pollock, including three important actions; for the latter he received a medal. He was the senior officer engaged in storming the left heights of the Rass on the occasion of the battle of Zegeeri. He was also one of the officers present at that lamentable catastrophe, the burning of the Kent East Indiaman in the Bay of Biscay, on the 1st March, 1825. He was appointed Major in the army Dec. 23, 1842, and Major in the 31st Foot Oct. 8, 1844. |
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