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Christopher Myers
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Colonel Christopher Myers CB

Christopher John Myers was born c 1774 in County Dublin, Ireland.  In August 1799, as a captain in the 40th Regiment of Foot, Myers was wounded at the Battle of Bergen in what is now Holland.  Isaac Brock, then a Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 49th Regiment of Foot, participated in the same battle.

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George Fowler
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George Fowler was probably born in England in about 1766.  In 1798, he was a lieutenant in the York Regiment of Fencible Infantry in Ireland.  On 7 August 1806, Lieutenant Fowler was transferred to the 41st Regiment of Foot, which was in Canada.

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