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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Godwin | | | First names | Henry | | | Rank / occupation | Major General |  | Unit | British Army | | | Death date | 26 Oct 1853 | | | Place of death | Simla  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | May 1854 | | | Page number | 529 | | | Detail | [Pages 529-530. Aged 69. Entered the army in Oct. 1799 as Ensign to the 9th Foot. ""In 1822 he embarked in command of the 41st for Madras. In 1824 he joined Sir Archibald Campbell with that regiment in the invasion of the Burmese empire, and he served throughout that war, from the landing and capture of Rangoon until the peace made in Feb. 1826, and during its progress he was employed in six several commands against the enemy. In Oct. 1824 he embarked with a force from Rangoon to capture the province of Martaban, where he stormed its strongly fortified town..."" When the 2nd Burmese War broke out, Spring of 1852, he commanded the Bengal division of the army. Died when he overheated himself with exercise] |
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