Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Capture of Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons by William Hodson at Humayun's tomb on 20 September 1857


 (Photo by Universal History Archive)



William Stephen Raikes Hodson
10 March 1821 – 11 March 1858
WilliamHodson.jpg
William Hodson, engraving printed as frontispiece to his biography "Rider on a Grey Horse", by B.J. Cork, 1958
Place of birthMaisemore Court, near Gloucester
Place of deathLucknowBritish India
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branchBengal Army
RankBrevet Major
Commands heldCorps of Guides
Hodson's Horse
Battles/warsFirst Anglo-Sikh War
Indian Mutiny

Hodson's grave in La Martiniere College in Lucknow
File:Hodson grave in la martiniere Lucknow.jpg


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