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*[https://archive.org/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/92/mode/2up Page 93] ''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan'' by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). C February 1862 Thornton was appointed medical officer to the left wing of the [[28th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|28th Regiment of Native Infantry]], who were to proceed to Sylhet to assist in suppressing a rebellion amongst the tribes in the Khasia and Jyntia Hills in Eastern Bengal. He was subsequently transferred to [[44th Gurkha Rifles‎|24th Regiment of Native Infantry]], and remained in the Assam region to October 1868, (page 158) based at Cherra Poonjee [now Cherrapunji] in the Khasi Hills, and at [[Shillong]].*[https://archive.org/details/flyonwheelorhowi00lewiiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''A fly on the wheel; or, How I helped to govern India''] by Lieut.-Col. Thomas H Lewin 1912. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6879/page/n1/mode/2up 1885 edition] with illustrations. Archive.org. He arrived in India 1857, was an officer in the Army, with the Police from 1861. In 1866 he was appointed to officiate as Superintendent of Hill Tribes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, then permanently appointed Deputy Commissioner and Political Agent of the Hill Tracts of Chittagong. He was also appointed as a Captain in the Bengal Staff Corps, so he appears to have been "attached" as a Political Agent. Note, during this period the Chittagong Hill Tracts were part of Bengal. He retired with health issues c mid 1870s.