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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote 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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