Alexander Jack
Alexander Jack, (19 October 1805 – 27 June 1857) was a Scottish officer in the service of the East India Company in the Bengal Army. He was educated at King's College, Aberdeen. He was with the 30th Bengal Native Infantry at Aliwal, and acted as brigadier of the force sent against Kangra, in 1846, during the First Sikh War. He commanded his battalion in the Second Sikh War; was promoted colonel in 1854, and brigadier in 1857. He was treacherously shot and killed during the Cawnpore massacre in June 1857. Provided by Wikipedia-
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4by Janine R Neumann, Suvarna Dash-Wagh, Alexander Jack, Andrea Räk, Kay Jüngling, Mohammad I K Hamad, Hans-Christian Pape, Michael R Kreutz, Martin Puskarjov, Petra WahleGet full text
Published 2019-01-01
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