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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  Perkins    
First Name(s)  Aeneas    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1834    
Death Year  1901    
Entry  General : born 1834 : son of Charles Perkins : entered the Bengal Engineers, 1851 : in the mutiny was at Badli-kasarai and the siege of Delhi : in the Bhutan war, 1864-5, commanding the Engineers : in the Afghan, war, 1879-80: Chief Engineer to Sir F. Roberts in the Kuram Field Force, 1878-9 : at the Peiwar Kotal : C.B. : commanded the Engineers in the Kabul Field Force, 1879 : at Charasia : at capture of Kabul, and arranged the defence of Sherpur : commanded the Royal Engineers with Sir F. Roberts in his Kabul- Kandahar March, in Aug. 1880 : at the battle of Kandahar : C.B. and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Maj- General, 1887 : held high engineering and P.W.D. appointments in the Central Provinces and Panjab : commanded a first-class district, 1890-2 : Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, 1895 : K.C.B. : died Dec. 22, 1901.     
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