Basic Details
Surname
Duncan
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
Served or died
Died
Notes
The initials I.M.S. after Lieutenant Colonel Duncan's name in the commemoration on this memorial show that he was a member of the Indian Medical Service - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Medical_Service
The British Medical Journal ,1904, Volume 1, page 468, relates that Lieutenant Colonel Duncan died of pneumonia. Source Google Books.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
5th Goorkha Rifles
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Lieutenant Colonel
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Indian Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Lieutenant Colonel
Death and Burial details
Country of death
India/Pakistan
Town of death
Dera Ismail Khan
Year of death
1904
Month of death
February
Day of death
3
Age at death
49