See also:SIR See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:STEPHEN See also:ALEXANDER See also:LOCKHART (1841–1900)
, See also:British See also:general, was See also:born in See also:Scotland on the 2nd of See also:September 1841, his See also:father being a See also:Lanarkshire clergyman
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He entered the See also:Indian See also:army in i858, in the See also:Bengal native See also:infantry
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He served in the Indian See also:Mutiny, the See also:Bhutan See also:campaign (1864–66), the Abyssinian expedition (1867–68; mentioned in despatches), the See also:Hazara See also:Black See also:Mountain expedition (1868–69; mentioned in despatches)
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From 1869 to 1879 he acted as See also:deputy-assistant and assistant quartermaster-general in Bengal
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In 1877 he was military attache with the Dutch army in Acheen
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He served in the Afghan See also:War of 1878–8o, was mentioned in despatches and made a C.B., and from 188o to 1885 was D.Q.G. in the intelligence See also:branch at headquarters
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He commanded a See also:brigade in the Third Burmese War (1886–87), and was made K.C.B.,C.S.I., and received the thanks of the See also:government
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An attack of See also:fever brought him to See also:England, where he was employed as assistant military secretary for Indian affairs; but in 1890 he returned to See also:India to take command of the See also:Punjab frontier force, and for five years was engaged in various expeditions against the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill tribes
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After the See also:Waziristan campaign in 1894–95 he was made K.C.S.I
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He became full general in 1896, and in 1897 he was given the command against the Afridis and Mohmands, and conducted the difficult See also:Tirah campaign with See also:great skill
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He was made G.C.B., and in 1898 became See also:commander-in-See also:chief in India
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He died on the 18th of See also:March 'goo
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See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Lockhart was not only a first-See also:rate soldier, but also had a great See also:gift for dealing with the native tribesmen
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Among the latter he had the See also:sobriquet of See also:Amir See also:Sahib, on See also:account of their respect and See also:affection for him
.
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