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Lieutenant William Y Betts;
Born; Middlesex; DOB; 19 April 1817;
Ensign; Full Pay; 26 Regiment; Not Stated; 24 November 1838; Full Pay; Without Purchase; Not Stated;
Lieutenant; Full Pay; 94th Regiment; Not Stated; 15 November 1839; Full Pay; Without Purchase; Not Stated;
Lieutenant; Full Pay; 26th Regiment; Not Stated; 16 November 1839; Full Pay; By Appointment; Not Stated;
Captain; Full Pay; 26th Regiment; Not Stated; 6 June 1854; Full Pay; Without Purchase; Not Stated;
Battles Sieges and Campaigns; Employed in China from beginning to end; Attack and capture of Chusan on 5 July 1840; Attack of Canton 24 May 1841; Night attack Ningpo 10 March 1842; Attack and capture of Chapoo 18 May 1842; Woosong 16 June 1842; Shanghai 19 June 1842; Chinkiang Foo 21 July 1842; Nanking 29 August 1842; From the attack on Canton to the last General Sir Hugh Gough Bt. GCB Commanding.
Marriage; 30 April 1838; Calcutta; Anna Margaret Thompson; Died at Cork; Reverend H Fisher Protestant;
Children; William Morton Betts; Fort William Calcutta 12 February 1837; Baptized; st Peters Church Fort William Calcutta;
Anna Catherine Mary Betts; Ballygunge Calcutta 24 April (1840?); Baptized; St Peters Church Fort William Calcutta;
Walter Charles Betts; Edinburgh Castle 19 December 1842; Batized; St Georges Chaple Edinburgh.