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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 ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/255/mode/1up Harry Lumsden] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Burnett_Lumsden Harry Lumsden] Wikipedia<br />

==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/hodsonhodsonsho00hodsgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''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)
[http://www.archive.org/stream/lifeofhodsonofho00trotiala#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse''] by Captain Lionel James Trotter 1910 (Archive.org)<br>

==Recommended Reading==
[[Image:Hodsons grave.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Hodson's grave at La Martiniere College, [[Lucknow]]]]
''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' No 22 contains an article "The Memorial to Major William Hodson in Lichfield Cathedral" by Richard Morgan, (pages 49-52).<br />
"''Hodson's Horse: 1857-1922''" by Major F.G. Cardew. Reprinted Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval & Military Press. 2006 (402pp)- addition of colored maps.<br />



[[Category:British Military commanders|Hodson, William]]
[[Category:People|Hodson, William]]

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