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Date transcribed	2011-05-01
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.

	Surname	Kavanagh
	First Name(s)	Thomas Henry
	Year of Death	1883
	Entry	A clerk in one of the civil offices in Lucknow, who, volunteering in disguise, on the night of Nov. 9, 1857, as is recorded in the memorial to him in the church at Lucknow, "" with the devotion of an ancient Roman hero, taking his life in his hand, went forth from the beleaguered Residency, and passing through a city thronged with merciless enemies, triumphantly guided Sir Colin Campbell on his way to the relief of the garrison"" : he conveyed information from Sir J. Outram, of the greatest value to Sir Colin Campbell : he wrote How I Won the Victoria Cross, which he was awarded for his bravery : he was given an appointment in the Oudh Commission and rose to be Deputy Commissioner : he died about 1883.

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