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Death Announcements 1845-1854
Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| Surname | Paynter | | First names | Howell | | Rank / occupation | Lieut.-col. | | Unit | HM 24th Foot | | Death date | 13 Nov 1851 | | Place of death | Bath | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | Date | Jan 1852 | | Page number | 107 | | Detail | At Bath, in consequence of a wound received at the battle of Chillianwallah, on the 13th Jan, 1849, in his 40th year, Lieut.-Col. Howell Paynter, C.B. late commanding H.M. 24th Foot. This officer entered the army in 1828, served as an Ensign in the 56th Regt. from 1828 to 1833, in which latter year he was appointed Lieut. in the 24th; he obtained his company in 1842, his majority in 1846, and, for his services at Chillianwallah, was promoted to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the 24th on the 14th of Jan. 1849. He was also in the same year nominated a Companion of the Bath. |
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