Army and Departmental Services of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and Major P. S. Lumsden

This is a five-page folio printed account of the Army and Departmental Services of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and Major P. S. Lumsden, Deputy Quarter-Master General, Bengal Staff Corps. The document, which measures 13x8 inches, is printed on blue paper watermarked with a crowned Britannia and provides a detailed record of Lumsden's service from 1847 to 1862, including his notable service in Punjab. Lumsden, a military surveyor and draftsman, a good linguist, and a bold and robust rider, saw action in Punjab during his service in India. The document also highlights Lumsden's service under many of the commanders of his time, including Sir Charles Napier, Sir Colin Campbell, Col Sidney Cotton, Brig-Gen Neville Chamberlain, his brother Harry Lumsden, Sir Herbert Edwardes, Sir Robert Napier, and Sir J Hope Grant.

Although this should have been recorded in the British Indian Army records, the printed copy given to an officer and perhaps his superiors seldom seems to have survived. General Sir Peter Stark Lumsden, G.C.B., C.S.I., A.D.C. [1829-1918], had a distinguished career in India, China, and Afghanistan and was the author of the standard work on his brother's regiment, Lumsden of the Guides. He served in the Bhutan War of 1854, was on a special mission to Kandahar in 1857, served in the China War with Napier, was QMG India 1868-72, acted as Resident Hyderabad in 1873, was Chief of Staff in India in 1879, and headed the British Commission for the Demarkation of the N.W. The boundary of Afghanistan 1884-5. He was made G.C.B. and an ADC to Queen Victoria.

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