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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed	2011-04-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surnames	Home
	First Name(s)	Anthony Dickson
	Titles	Sir
	Year of Birth	1823
	Entry	Born 1823 : entered the Army Medical Department, 1848, and retired, 1886 : served in the Crimea, 1854-5 : Indian mutiny, 1857-8 : gained the V.C. on Sep. 26, 1857, at the first relief of Lucknow : China, 1860 : New Zealand, 1863-5 : Ashanti, 1873-4 : P.M.O. : Cyprus, 1878- 9 : P.M.O. : Surgeon-General to the Forces in India, 1881-5 : K.C.B., 1874. a breaching battery : ordered to blow in the Kashmir gate on Sep. 14, 1857 : escaped being wounded : gained the V.C. : blew in the gate of the Palace : was field engineer to Greathed's column : was at Bulandshahr : killed by accident at the blowing up of the Malaghar fort, Oct. 1, 1857

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