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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surnames  Gerard    
First Name(s)  Montagu Gilbert    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1843    
Year of Death  1905    
Entry  General : born 1843 : son of Colonel Archibald Gerard : educated at Stonyhurst : entered the R.A., 1864, and Bengal Staff Corps, 1870 : Central India Horse, 1870-95 : served in Abyssinia, 1868 : Brig-Major in the Afghan war, 1878-80 : in the advance to Kabul: in the Kabul- Kandahar march and battle of Kandahar : Brevets Major and Lt- Colonel : in the campaign in Egypt, 1882, as D.A.A. and Q.M.G. : at Tel-el- Kebir : C.B. : on Secret Service in Persia, 1881-2, and 1885 : Military Attache, St. Petersburg, 1892-3 : Commissioner for Delimitation of Pamir Boundary, 1895 : General commanding Hyderabad Contingent, 1896-9 : commanding Oudh District, 1899 : C.S.I., 1896 : K.C.S.I., 1897 : K.C.B., 1902 : attached to the Russian Forces in Manchuria, 1904-5 : died of pneumonia at Irkutsk, July, 1905 : wrote Leaves from the Diaries of a Soldier and Sportsman during Twenty Years' Service in India, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Other Countries, 1865-85.     
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