AN ARMY OF INDIA MEDAL TO MAJOR-GENERAL ARCHIBALD BROWN DYCE...

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AN ARMY OF INDIA MEDAL TO MAJOR-GENERAL ARCHIBALD BROWN DYCE. An Army of India Medal 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse with Ava clasp named to Lieut A.B. Dyce Brig Major. Archibald Brown Dyce was born on the 1st October 1800 at Trichinoply, Madras, the second son of Lieutenant-General Alexander Dyce. Initially with the Artillery he joined the 4th Madras Native Infantry in June 1817, Brigadier Major of the 5th Brigade in 1824. Lieutenant Colonel from the 11th March 1836 in command of the 6th Madras Native Infantry During an action to 'secure the person of Nawab of Kurnool' Dyce's record confirms his good service 'While the Governor in Council laments that the humane efforts of Lieutenant-Colonel Dyce to prevent bloodshed have been defeated by the infatuations of the Nabopbof Kurnool's followers, he states that he "cannot refrain from expressing the high sense he entertains of the gallantry and soldier-like conduct displayed by Lieutenant-Colonel Dyce and men of the Detachment in the attack upon the Durzah at Zorapore". Following service in the First China War Dyce was promoted to Major-General in 1854 and Colonel of the 105th (Madras Light Infantry) Regiment from 1862 until his death on the 9th March 1866 at Grosvenor House Southampton. With copied research.

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