Friday, December 2, 2011

Maj William Hodson, Capt L DaCosta died 1858

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPTN L. DACOSTA
56TH N.I. ATTACHED TO
FEROZEPORE REGIMENT OF SEIKS
WHO FELL IN THE FINAL ASSAULT
ON KAISER BAGH
THE 13TH MARCH 1858
AGED 32 YEARS


Brevet Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson (10 March 1821 – 11 March 1858) was a British leader of irregular light cavalry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as India's First War of Independence or the Indian Mutiny). He was known as "Hodson of Hodson's Horse."

1857 graves at Dilkusha Palace ruins

Charles Keith Dashwood Nov 22, 1857


In Memory of Charles Keith Dashwood, Lieut 18th Reg BNI, son of Lt Col AW Dashwood, Killed at Dilkusha, Lucknow Nov 22, 1857, Aged 19 years.