Comments - Which Brigadier Douglas? - The Douglas Archives2024-03-29T13:39:11Zhttps://douglashistory.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3482022%3ABlogPost%3A154541&xn_auth=noFound him!He was General Sir…tag:douglashistory.ning.com,2021-09-19:3482022:Comment:1545972021-09-19T15:17:23.525ZWilliam Douglashttps://douglashistory.ning.com/profile/WilliamDouglas
<p>Found him!<br/>He was General Sir John Douglas of Glenfinart GCB (7 July 1817 – 8 September 1888) who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.<br/><a href="http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/johndouglas16.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read more>>></a></p>
<p>Found him!<br/>He was General Sir John Douglas of Glenfinart GCB (7 July 1817 – 8 September 1888) who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.<br/><a href="http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/johndouglas16.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read more>>></a></p> During the Uprising Koer Sing…tag:douglashistory.ning.com,2021-09-07:3482022:Comment:1545792021-09-07T10:50:48.022ZWilliam Douglashttps://douglashistory.ning.com/profile/WilliamDouglas
<p><span><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9542344894?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9542344894?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="200"></img></a> During the Uprising Koer Sing (now, Kunwar Singh, 1777-1858) fought a guerrilla campaign against the British. After fighting alongside the rebel leader Tantia Tope at Cawnpore, Kunwar Singh sought to return to his estate at Jagdishpur, Bihar. While crossing the River Ganges, and pursued by Brigadier Douglas of the 37th Regiment, Kunwar Singh was wounded…</span></p>
<p><span><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9542344894?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9542344894?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="200" class="align-left"/></a>During the Uprising Koer Sing (now, Kunwar Singh, 1777-1858) fought a guerrilla campaign against the British. After fighting alongside the rebel leader Tantia Tope at Cawnpore, Kunwar Singh sought to return to his estate at Jagdishpur, Bihar. While crossing the River Ganges, and pursued by Brigadier Douglas of the 37th Regiment, Kunwar Singh was wounded in the arm by British artillery fire.</span></p>
<p><span>Kunwar Singh's fly whisk is held by the National Museums of Scotland.</span></p>
<p><span>His date and place of death are not certain.</span></p>