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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 Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|59th Bengal Native Infantry]] in 1838. He was present with the [[33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|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 [[Henry Lawrence|Sir Henry Lawrence ]] he was appointed to raise the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Corps of Guides]] in 1847. On a mission to Afghanistan during the [[Indian Mutiny]], he was in the [[Waziri Expedition 1859]] and commanded the [[Hyderabad Contingent]] 1862-69. he left India in 1869, became a lieutenant-general in 1875 and retired to Scotland.
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Burnett_Lumsden Harry Lumsden] Wikipedia<br />
==== Historical Books books on-line ====[http://www.archivegutenberg.org/streamfiles/hodsonhodsonsho00hodsgoog#page16808/n516808-h/mode/2up 16808-h.htm ''Hodson The Story of Hodson's Horse, or, Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in Indiathe Guides''] by Major W S R Hodson 4th Edition 1883 Col G J Younghusband 1908 (Archivegutenberg.org). Also available from [http://www.archive.org/stream/lifeofhodsonofho00trotialacu31924023907953#page/n5n9/mode/2up ''The Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse''] by Captain Lionel James Trotter 1910 (Archive.org)]<br/>  ==Recommended Reading==[[Imagehttp:Hodsons grave//www.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)archive.<br org/stream/> "lumsdenguidesas00elsmgoog ''Hodson's HorseLumsden of the Guides: 1857A Sketch of the Life of Lieut.-1922Gen. Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden''" ] by Major F.G. Cardew. Reprinted UckfieldPeter Stark Lumsden , East Sussex: Naval & Military Press. 2006 (402pp)- addition of colored mapsGeorge Robert Elsmie 1900 Archive.org<br />  
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