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Surname  Young    
First names  Henry    
Rank/ occupation  Captain    
Unit  17th Dragoons    
Death date  30 May 1809    
Place of death  Surat    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  1809 Suppl.    
Page number  1235    
Detail  At Surat, in India, in the prime of life, Capt. Henry Young, of the 17th Light Dragoons, second son of the late Bishop of Clonfert. This gallant officer distinguished himself at the sieges of Seringapatam, Assaye, and Vellore; and received, while serving with the 19th Light Dragoons, at the latter place, at the head of his Regiment, for most meritorious conduct, the thanks of Colonel Gillespie. In 1808 he returned to this country with his Regiment, after an absence of 11 years. Preferring, however, an active situation, he exchanged into the 17th Dragoons, then on their way to India, whither he proceeded to join them; and on the day he reached their quarters was seized with a fever, which, after 17 days, terminated an existence honourable to his memory. The whole Garrison of Surat attended his funeral with military honours.    
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