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.