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 A List of Officers who have Served in the Madras Artillery

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DescriptionA list of Officers who have served in the Madras Artillery, giving the dates of their appointment, Promotion, Retirement, Death, etc.
Date transcribed2000-00-00
Transcribed byConrad Roche
CommentTranscription extracted from the book of Officers Service History from A List of Officers who have Served in the Madras Artillery by Major J.H. Leslie, Leicester, 1900.

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Rec no.  73    
View all other items of "Surname" with value "Geils" in "A List of Officers who have Served in the Madras Artillery" Surname  Geils    
First Names  Thomas    
Corps  Madras Artillery    
Lieut Fireworker  Oct 26 1767    
2nd Lieut  Oct 13 1768    
Lieutenant  Dec 8 1771    
Captain Lieut  Jul 17 1775    
Captain  Jun 24 1777    
Major  Jul 8 1781    
Lieut Colonel  Apr 17 1786    
Colonel  Jan 8 1796    
General  Maj-Gen May 3 1796    
Date Retired  Dec 24 1800    
Date of Death  Oct 24 1815    
Death place  Geilston, Dumbartonshire    
Notes  Transferred to the Engineers in 1768, in which he served as Assistant Engineer untill 1781, when he was re-transferred to the Artillery    
Source page  6, 7    
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A list of the officers who have served in the Madras artillery, from its formation in 1748 down to 1861.
British Library book ref OIR 358.12 and LDS Ref 2105291
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