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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Olpherts | | First Name(s) | William | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | Birth Year | 1822 | | Death Year | 1902 | | Entry | General : son of William Olpherts : born March 8, 1822 : educated at Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Artillery, 1839 : Maj-General, 1875 : General, 1885 : saw active service in Burma, 1841 : in the Sagar territory, 1842 : in the Gwalior campaign, 1843 : in Sind, 1844-5 : commanded Artillery against Kot Kangra, 1846 : at Peshawar, 1852 : in the Crimea and Asia Minor, 1854-6 : under General Neill suppressed the Benares mutiny, June 4, 1857 : with Havelock's force at Bithur, to the Alambagh : at the first relief of Lucknow, gained the V.C., which he deserved on many occasions : known throughout the Army as Hell-fire Jack : was in the defence of the Residency, Sep. to Nov. 1857 : at the final capture of Lucknow, 1858 : in the Oudh campaign, 1858 : against the Waziris, 1859-60 : commanded Artillery at Peshawar and Rawal Pindi, 1861-8 : Brigadier of Artillery in Gwalior and Rohilkund districts and in the Oudh Division, 1870- 5 : K.C.B., 1886 : Colonel Commandant, R.A., 1888 : G.C.B., 1900 : died April 30, 1902 |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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