Inscriptions On Christian Tombs Punjab, Kashmir, NWFP Vol 2 Biog Notices

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11869, ho was appointed Officiating Inspector- General of

2Irrigation Works and Offg. Depy. Secretory to tho

3Govt, of India in tho Irrigation Branch, Public Works

4Dept., and it was while ho was holding this appoint-

5ment that he died at Simla on the 12 th October J 870.

6Anderson, William Andrew, Lieutenant (1820—

71848).— draw and inscription at M)dtan y Son. 850

8and 851.— Born on tho 15 r,i July 1820.— Entered

9tho Bombay Army in 1837. Arrived in India in tho

10following year, and was posted to tho 1 st Bombay

11European Regiment. In 1831) he was sunt to join

12a dotaebment of tho corps stationed at Karraok, an

13island in bue Persian (rulf, wkioU had been occupied

14.by the British, in con sequence of tho conduct of

15tne Persian Government in attacking Herat. Jle was

16afterwards appointed acting Piold Kugiuoor and, later,

17Executive Mutineer at Karraek, in which post lie conti-

18nued until the return of the detachment lo Bombay

19in February 1842. In .March he was appointed

20acting Dopy. Asst. Quarter- Master- General of tho

21Northern Division, and ho remained in that appoint-

22ment until August 1813, when his services wore placed

23at tho disposal, of tho (.lovt. of ludia for civil employ

24in Sindh. In the following Docomlier he went homo

25on furlough, and was absent, from India for more

26than three years. Ho rejoined tho L )l liomhay Kuropoau

27Regiment (now styled "Fusiliers") early in IS47,

28hut did not remain long with the corps, having in the

29summer of the same year been appointed an Assistant

30to the Resident at Lahore. While holding this ap-

31pointment, in April 1818, ho was detached to Mrilt.oi,

32-with Mr. I*. A. Vans Aguow, to receive l.ho resignation

33of tht) Dewan Mulraj, (iovernor of the 1'rovinco, and

34iustal his successor. Two days after their arrival those

35officers were attacked by some of Mulraj's followers and

36desparatcly wounded, and on tho day following, the

372l> h April 1818, the Idgah, to which* they hail been

38carried by the new (.Iovernor 's people, was entered by a

39crowd of fanatical, savages, and botih were barbarously

40cut to pieces. This foul and treacherous murder led lo

41thd war which ended in the annexation, of the

42Punjab.

43Anderson, William Henry, S.ruud-I.ii

44(182R.-ISP.).)— ^Wr .-/./ Mr.lt.tn, Y". 8'i'J. — Kunwl

45the Bombay Army in IS-ln. Arrive*! Lj i India in Nov-

46ember <ftf the same year, and was sent up to Maligaum,

47to do duty with the Artillery at l.hat elation. In the

48following mouth lie was ported to tin; 1 Company

492' 1 Ibittalion, liumhay Foot Artillery, with which be

50served at. Karachi and at IColapnr until ISIS, when he

51was appointed .-irting Interpreter and t^uartei; Master

52to tho o 1 ' Battalion of Artillery at Ahmaduugar.

53Towards the end of the year he was n.ttaehed to tho

542 d Company H Uattaliou (now the l.V 1 ' Field liattery,

55Royal Artillery), which was proceeding on .service as

56par;, of the Bombay Division of t he Army of the Punjab.

57Shortly afterwards he was regularly polled lo tho 1 '

58Goninariy -l*" 1 Hattalion, but he continued serving wit.lt

59the Z tl Company h f Battalion, and was preterit, with

60it at the siege and capture of Multau, I. he battle of

61Gujerat, and the pursuit of tin; routed Sikhs ami

62Afghans to Peshawar (Medal and two l!la*ps). lie

63subsequently returned to Multan, wJiere Jje died of

64brain fever on the 22 Utl June IS t:'.

65Andrew, William Allor.— (Urn*-, at Isiknn;

663Vb. 015).

67/SVc Andrews, William,

68Andrews, Charles, Major 18k>).— r,w# at

69Ludhiann, No. 571. — Entered tho Bengal Army in

701804, and was to have proceeded to Jndia in the fol-

71lowing year, but tho ship in which he bad embarked

72(tb.% Jane, Duchess of Gordon) having been detained and

73eventually Field baek until the following season, he did

74apt arrive in India until May J80G. On the 2C lh of tbo

75succeeding month ho was posted to tho l 9t Battalion

765 th N. I., then stationed at Midnapoiv, but on tho 28 111

77July he exchanged into the 2 l1 Battalion 21 8t N". I.,

78and proceeding to tho Upj>er Provinces ho joined that

79corps at Aligarh. In December 1806 another change

80in his position took place, and he was transferred to the

812' 1 Battalion 2+ th N. T. f which he joined at Agra. In

82Deeemlxsr 1807 he served with the battalion at tho siege

83and reduction of (huiauri. Thereafter be served with

84tho corps for nearly sixteen ytiars, at Delhi (including

85the suppression of the eim nfc there in 1801)), Saharan-

86pui\ Cuwnpore (officiated as Adjutant from January to

87March ISl.'J), Luck now, Ajaigarh, Kabnjar, Bare illy

88and Alaiora. Tn Scptemlw 182o* he was transferrin!

89to the 1 st Battalion ;$2 J N. T, on the formation of that,

90coips, and on the re -organisation of tho Army taking

91place in May IS 24, he was posted to Uie dV' N. I.,

92on the rolls of which regiment he remained fur moro

93than fifteen years. From February to duly 1S2S ho

94held the temporary command cf the Agra Provincial

95Battalion, and from Novcml>er lb':>2 to January 181515

96he officiated as Superintendent ami Paymaster of

97Invalids at Uenaros, Dinaporo and Monghyr. hi

98August I Soil he was appointed a Dopy. Asst. Adjt.-

99(icnl. on the establishment, ami in the following month

100he was posted to tin? Moerut Division. In June \H.\7

101he was transferred in the same capacity to the Sanger

102Division, ami he continued holding the appointment until

103October 1 All), •when bo was promoted to tho rank of

104Major and removed from t he t>•!^ ,,, N. 1. to the nnwly-

105i'ormcd li' 1 lOnropeiui Regiment (now the 2'' Hattaliou

106of the Royal Monster Fusiliers), which he joined at

107I Lizaribagh . In October lSltOho was :i.ppt»iii<i*il to tho

108command of the li' 1 Light Infantry Ibittnlion at Mccrnf,

109and in March IS 1-2 he proceeded with this corps in

110Lndhiana. At that place he died on the l.V' 1 An-j'iist,

1111.842.

112Andrews, Francis, Cn^faiuir, 1 82.1 — is:>7).— (lime

113>ti 1 !i<.<i:J,>nltli u-u.'i '//■•■ ////////, liic r : f.ihir ' <if,

114Ihllii ;V>. H'cJ. — Entered II. M.\s Service on f.ljo

11527 th May 1S42. as an ilnMgn in the 4S ,h Fool,. Nerved

116with that regiment ai ( libraltar and i r i Jamaica, anil

117on the \\V U DeccmU-r IKlowas promoted to tho rank

118of LicutcMiaut. On the, li.'l' March I SI- 7 lie exchanged

119into i !i<; Rilb-ri, and baying been posted fo tho 1 rtt '

120ISnt.ialion ho c:i,mo out to India and joined it at Karachi

121rarly in ISIS. In llie ;ui(unti) of /In- same year ho

122nccomp.micd t he l>atl.alion to the Pnn jab and .-: 'rye^f

123»vith il tbroiighont (he remainder of Mm eampM.f-'i of

124I S l-S-pJ, i nc I n i ling tin 1 sicgo and raptiu-e of Miifi:i»i t

125the. battle of < I rij«'i.\ir. the, pursuit of the Sikh Army,

126and the espulsioa of the Alghans beyon<l j.ho Khaibar

127Puss (Medal and t wo < 'lasps). In DeiM'miM-r 1S1:» | M .

128s»?J'\ed with a det :i.oh mem uf t!n» b;itl iIion in t.'c

129dition against the Sw.ili villages in the S.im I5.iiz;ii dis-

130trict , of t ho Y n.^af/. ii, and was present at Mm raptunj

131anrl destruc'i ion of Sanglrio. I'.ili, Z«irmamUi and Sher-

132K liana. I le ;-.iibs<!(pienf ly served with i ] .\c. batfalio»» at

133Peshawar, Kawmli and d ullnndiir, and (owanh the m)ii

134of 1S.'»2 wont home, rS,i Knrachi ami ISombav v in i'ijiii-

135maml of a body of invalids. On tho LM 1 March I«S5. r »

136he was promoted to the rank, of Captain. Ifo returned

137to India early in lS!fi<I, and rejoined the battalion ni>

138Mocriit, at. which plaee he was present with it whv.it

139tho Mutiny broke out on the |0 n » May 1857. To-

140wards tho end of the s:nne month ho accompanied tho

141battalion in the movement towards Delhi under H n" ga-

142llic r Wilson, arid fell in the first engagement with tho

143rebel:;, at (ilt;i//nuldin nagar, on the ] Ionian, on tho

14430 ,h May, having been blown up by the explosion of a

145tumbril w hi le gallantly leading on his company to tho

146attack of the enemy's position.

147Andrews, William, $*!,-( \>,<4nr/nr ( 17IH— 1877).—

148firm? at Lalmrt\ No. G15.— Burn at J'lymputh, Devon*

149shlrc, aliout tho year 1798, and was by occupation a

150falwurer. Enb\itod in March 181 in tho Hoy id Wag-'