Note 185 — DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW. 29th. June to 25th. September, 1857.
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The native non-commissioned officers and men who formed part of the garrison, received the Indian Order of Merit, and were permitted to count three years of additional service. The 13th., 48th., and 71st. regiments of Native Infantry were afterwards formed into one corps, designated the “Regiment of Lucknow.”