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HJ William Postlethwaite; 26th Regiment of Infantry; Broadway Worcestershire; 4 December 1820; Ensign; 26th; Not Stated; 11 August 1837; By Purchase; Not Stated; Not Stated; Lieutenant; 26th; Not Stated; 5 April 1839; By Purchase; Not Stated; Not Stated; 2 February 1839; Catheral St Johns Calcutta; Henrietta Nelson Richardson; Not Stated; Reverend H Fisher; Not Stated; Not Stated; Not Stated
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John Cumming; 26 Regiment of Infantry; South Ronalshie Island Orkney; 30 November 1804; Private; 26th; Not Stated; 17 March 1825; Not Stated; Not Stated; Embarked for China with the 26th Regiment on 24 March 1840. Was present at the Assault and capture of Chusan 5 July 1840 under Major General Burrell CB. Present at the assault and capture of the Forts and Batteries of Churnpee on 7 January 1841 (long force?) commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Pratt CB.Sent in command with the sick to Bengal. Back to China 27 March 1842 was detained at Hong Kong under command of Major General Burnell CB during the great sickness until the return of the force on the conclusion of the treaty when I returned to Bengal with the 26th Regiment. Corporal; 26th; Not Stated; 2 August 1827; Not Stated; Not Stated; Not Stated; Serjeant; 26th; Not Stated; 23 September 1828; Not Stated; Not Stated; Not Stated; Quartermaster Serjeant; 26th; Not Stated; 7 August 1834; Not Stated; Not Stated; Not Stated; Ensign; 26th; Not Stated; 23 September 1837; By Purchase; Not Stated; Not Stated; Lieutenant; 26th; Not Stated; 8 May 1840; By Purchase; Not Stated; Not Stated; 19 October 1831; Meerut; Elizabeth Wardrope; Still Living; Henry Fisher Chaplain to the Station; Willian James; 31 January 1835; Meerut; Robert Charles; 5 January 1842; Burhampore Bengal
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20 years 10 months; Not Stated; Not Stated; Not Stated; 9 September 1828; 18 October 1830; East Indies; 19 October 1830; 25 March 1840; Bengal; 26 March 1840; 5 March 1841; China; 6 March 1841; 26 March 1842; Bengal; 27 March 1842; 5 February 1843; China; 6 February 1843; 23 August 1843; Bengal