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Brigadier-General James George Smith Neill (1810-1857) was a British soldier who went to India in 1827 to join the 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers with whom he served in the 2nd Burma War. After a spell in the Crimea he returned to India in 1857 shortly before the Indian Mutiny broke out. Neill left Madras for Benares where he ruthlessly crushed the mutineers. He then moved to Allahabad where he relieved the besieged garrison. After the Recapture of Cawnpore in July, Neill was left in command by Sir Henry Havelock and he proceeded extract merciless vengeance for the recent massacres. Despite bitter acrimony between the two men, Havelock gave Neill command of the right wing of the force heading for the Relief of Lucknow. During the furious assault on the 25 September Neill was shot dead by a marksman.

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James Neill Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
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Lives of Indian Officers Vol II by John William Kaye 1867 James Neill archive.org

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-'''Brigadier-General James George Smith Neill (1810-1857)''' was a British soldier who went to India in 1827 to join  the [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]] with whom he served in the [[1st Burma War]]. After a spell in the Crimea he returned to India in 1857 shortly before the [[Indian Mutiny]] broke out. Neil left Madras for [[Benares]]
+'''Brigadier-General James George Smith Neill (1810-1857)''' was a British soldier who went to India in 1827 to join  the [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]] with whom he served in the [[2nd Burma War]]. After a spell in the Crimea he returned to India in 1857 shortly before the [[Indian Mutiny]] broke out. Neill left Madras for [[Benares]] where he ruthlessly crushed the mutineers. He then moved to [[Allahabad]] where he relieved the besieged garrison. After the [[Recapture of Cawnpore July 1857|Recapture of Cawnpore]] in July, Neill was left in command by [[Henry Havelock|Sir Henry Havelock]] and he proceeded extract merciless vengeance for the recent massacres. Despite bitter acrimony between the two men, Havelock gave Neill command of the right wing of the force heading for the [[First Lucknow Relief|Relief of Lucknow]]. During the furious assault on the 25 September Neill was shot dead by a marksman.
-where he ruthlessly crushed the mutineers.
-He was ADC to [[Willoughby Cotton|General Sir Willoughby Cotton]] in the [[1st Afghan War]]. He took part in [[General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad]] and the subsequent siege. In the [[Gwalior Campaign]] he was Persian interpreter to [[Hugh Gough|Sir Hugh Gough]] and served in both the [[1st Sikh War]] and the [[2nd Sikh War]]. He rose to Quartermaster-General and then Adjutant-General to the British Army in India. After commanding a division in the [[Persian War]], [[Havelock's Campaign]] proved him a great military leader during the [[Indian Mutiny]]. He achieved the [[First Lucknow Relief]] but was in turn besieged and died of dysentery shortly after the town was freed.
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-[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YzkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage The Life of General H.  Havelock KCB] Google Books<br>
+''Lives of Indian Officers Vol II'' by John William Kaye 1867 [http://archive.org/stream/livesofindianoff02kayeiala#page/353/mode/1up James Neill] archive.org<br>
-[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UvgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Memoirs+of+Major-General+Sir+Henry+Havelock+(1860)&ei=0YqhR57UMI-oiQGMj_S2Cg#PPP11,M1 Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock] Google Books<br>
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