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Cuppage, William Adam, 1860-1908
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1860-1908
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CUPPAGE, WILLIAM ADAM, eldest son of Maj. John Macdonald Cuppage, Fermoy, co. Cork, 89th Foot [check], and Elizabeth Geraldine De Courcy, third dau. of William Cooke-Collis, Castle Cooke, co. Cork; b. 24 Jun 1860; adm. 3 Jun 1872 (James'); QS 1875; left May 1879; RMC Sandhurst 1880; 2nd Lieut., 99th Foot 22 Jan 1881; 8th Foot 30 Mar 1881; Lieut., Liverpool Regt., 1 Jul 1881; Capt., 22 Jan 1882; Bengal Staff Corps, 15 Oct 1884; Wing Officer, 5th Bengal Native Infantry 8 May 1885; Double Company Commander, 1 May 1900; Maj., Indian Army 22 Jan 1901; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 48th Brigade 6 Apr 1901; retd. 1 Apr 1905; served in Burmese expedition 1866-7, severely wounded in engagement in Shan Hills; m. 28 Jan 1891 Caroline Isabella, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. James May CB, Bengal Army; drowned in the Blackwater, near Fermoy, 19 Oct 1908.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.