Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bird, Sir George Corrie
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BIRD, SIR GEORGE CORRIE (1838–)
Born, 1838: entered the Indian Army, 1856: Maj-General, 1895: General, 1899: served in the mutiny: in Afghan war, 1878–80: at Ahmad Kheyl: Brevet Lt-Colonel: in Burma, 1892–3: in the N.W. Frontier campaign, 1897–8: commanded the Oudh district, 1895–6: the Panjab Frontier Force, 1897–8: C.B., 1890: K.C.I.E., 1899.