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Major-General Hugh Boyd

Boyd - Major-General Hugh - Bengal Army - died 24th December 1876. Ensign Hugh Boyd, 62nd Native Infantry) served at Bhurtpore 1826 (medal
and bar). Memorial at Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland - "In
memory of Major General Hugh Boyd. Who died 24th December 1876 aged 76 years. General Boyd (of the Late Bengal Army) served with his regiment
and on the General Staff throughout India for a uninterrupted term of 32
years from January 1824, a period of India's history as eventful in military successes and glory as any preceding it, returning to India after a short furlough in 1856. He closed his military career commanding a brigade throughout the memorable Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58."

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