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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Davis | | | First names | George Lennox | | | Rank / occupation | Lieut.-col. |  | Unit | 9th Foot | | | Death date | 14 April 1852 | | | Place of death | Galway  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | July 1852 | | | Page number | 106 | | | Detail | At Galway, in Ireland, Lieut.-Colonel George Lennox Davis, C.B. late of the 9th Foot, inspecting field officer of the Liverpool recruiting district. Lieut.-Colonel Davis entered the army in 1808 as an Ensign in the 9th Regt. became a Lieutenant in 1811, a Captain in 1825, a Major in 1837, and a Lieut.-Colonel and commanding officer of the regiment in 1845. In 1808 he proceeded to the Peninsula, where he served until taken prisoner in Jan. 1809, in the retreat of Sir John Moore at Lugo, where Ensign Davis was left dangerously ill. He was detained as a prisoner of war in Fance until 1814. He afterwards served many years in India, and in 1842 served the campaign in Affghanistan, was present at the forcing of the Khyber, the Jugdulluck, the Tezeen, and the Huft Kotel passes, and the assault and capture of Istaliff. He also served in the Sutlej campaign, and commanded the 9th at the battle of Sobraon, in 1846. He had received medals for Affghanistan and Sobraon, and was in 1846 nominated a Companion of the Bath. |
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