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Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Burnett "Joe" Lumsden (1821–1896)' was an officer of the British East India Company who joined the 59th Bengal Native Infantry in 1838. He was present with the 33rd Bengal Native Infantry at the Forcing the Khyber Pass in the 1st Afghan War and fought in both the 1st Sikh War and the 2nd Sikh War. Under Sir Henry Lawrence he was appointed to raise the Corps of Guides in 1847.
External links
Harry Lumsden Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
Harry Lumsden Wikipedia
Historical Books on-line
Hodson of Hodson's Horse, or, Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India by Major W S R Hodson 4th Edition 1883 (Archive.org)
The Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse by Captain Lionel James Trotter 1910 (Archive.org)
Recommended Reading
FIBIS Journal No 22 contains an article "The Memorial to Major William Hodson in Lichfield Cathedral" by Richard Morgan, (pages 49-52).
"Hodson's Horse: 1857-1922" by Major F.G. Cardew. Reprinted Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval & Military Press. 2006 (402pp)- addition of colored maps.
