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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
| Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Coghill | | | First Name(s) | Kendal | | | Year of Birth | 1832 | | | Entry | Colonel : son of Admiral Sir J. Coghill, Bart. : born Oct. 21, 1832 : educated at Cheltenham : joined the Indian Army, 1851 : served in Burma, 1853-5 : Adjutant of his regt. (2nd European Bengal Fusiliers) during the mutiny, 1857- 8 : present at Badli-ka-sarai and siege of Delhi, and several subsequent actions : Brig-Major at Cawnpur and Barrackpur : Assistant A.G. at Lucknow and Calcutta : and of the Presidency Division, 1861-1870 : exchanged to 19th Hussars, which he commanded in Egyptian campaign, 1882 : C.B. |
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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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