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 Death Announcements 1731-1831

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Date transcribed2000-00-00
Transcribed bySteve van Dulken

Surname  Armstrong    
Rank/ occupation  Lieutenant    
Unit  EIC    
Death date  1770    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  Aug 1770    
Page number  393    
Detail  Lieut. Armstrong, in the E.I. Company's service. He was stuck dead with Lightning as he stood under a Tamarand tree, with his horse's bridle under his arm. His steel hilted broad sword in supposed to have attracted the lightning by which he was killed. His horse was killed by the same flash. (see p.359) [which, p.359-360, is an account of a similar event at St Albans by a Tradesman]    
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