... of small-pox and fever, at Mean Meer, Punjaub, Bengal, East Indies, aged 25, Corporal George Wilson, of H.M.’s 51st Regiment of Light Infantry, second son of Mr. George Wilson, confectioner, &c., late of Church-street, Ellesmere, in this county. ...

... cholera committed terrible havoe in the ranks of the army in India. The regiments which suffered most were the 51st Foot (King's Own Light Infantry), the 94th, and 27th (Inniskillen). The slst, stationed at Meear Mer, lost during the month Lieutenant- Colonel ...