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From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <>
Subject: Re: [India-L] Bengal Army List Film Nos
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:14:29 +0000
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On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, at around 18:32:17 local time, Elizabeth Dolan
<> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am new to the list and I am attempting to obtain information on
>Charles Joshua CRANE. His son Clement CRANE b abt 1843 cited his
>father's occupation as 'Colonel in EIC' in 1865.
>
>I have found 17 references to Charles Joshua CRANE in the A2A catalogue
>of the British Library and consequently the film no 1951713
>for Cadets between 1811-1815.
>
>There are a number of other references pertaining to Charles which
>appear to be the yearly Army List. These start in 1843 and go through
>to 1858. What I would like to know is how do I marry up the British
>Library references to the LDS film references to get the correct film
>numbers?

Dear Elizabeth,

I'm afraid I have no idea about that. However, I can help with this:

>Also can anyone tell me what the information after his name relates to
>(23rd NI, ret 46)?

23rd Regiment of Native Infantry, Retired, 1846.

ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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