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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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 | Fane | | First Name(s) | Walter | | Year of Birth | 1828 | | Year of Death | 1885 | | Entry | Son of Rev. Edward Fane : born 1828 entered the Army, 1845 : in the Panjab Irregular Cavalry, 1849-57 : in several N.W. frontier expeditions : in the pursuit and capture of Tantia Topi, 1859 : Captain, 1860 : in the Madras Staff Corps : Colonel, 1875 : raised a regiment of irregular cavalry for the China war, 1860 : at the Peiho forts : commanded "" Fane's Horse "" at Sinho, Chinkiawhaw, and the capture of Pekin : C.B. : Maj-General, 1879 : died June 16, 1885. |
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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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