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 Memorials of Old Haileybury College
| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Benda Cook | | Comment | Publication Date: 1894
Author: F. C. Danvers, Sir M Monier -Williams, Sir S. C. Bayley, P. Wigram, the late Brand Sapte, and many contributors.
Publisher Constable & Co.: Westminster
British Library: OIR 354.54 Held in the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections.
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| | No. | 855 |  | Surname | Cooper | | | Christian Names | Frederick Henry | | | Dates at Haileybury | 1845-46 | | | Presidency | Bengal  | | | Career in India | 1847-69 | | | Place of Death | Died in England | | | Date of Death | 1869 Apr 22 | | | Final Appointment 1 | Commissioner of Lahore | | | Mutiny Service | Deputy Commissioner of Umritsur, where stood the important Fort of Gobindgarh, to hold which was a matter of the very first importance, and the arrangements made by Cooper for this purpose reflect the very highest honour on this able Officer. He felt he had the support of the Authorities at Lahore, and they knew they could trust their Lieutenant. A Battery of English Artillery was stationed at Umritsur, and to get them into the Fort without exciting the suspicions of the Native Troops was no easy matter, as a collision had to be avoided. The next step was to cut off the retreat and prevent access to the station of the disarmed Sepoys escaping from Lahore, and this Cooper did in a masterly way. His garrison was strengthened by a Company of H.M. 81st Foot, unselfishly spared from Lahore by General Corbett, and all was secured. Later on when the 26th Native Infantry broke out at Lahore and attempted to escape, Cooper, by a rapid and daring march, cut them off at the crossing of the Ravi and drove them on to an island, where they nearly all submitted and met the just punishment for their offences. Through-oat the whole of the disturbances Cooper was able to remain at his post and administer the important District entrusted to him. |
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