Dictionary of Indian Biography/Blackwood, George Frederick

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BLACKWOOD, GEORGE FREDERICK (1838–1880)

Major : son of Major William Blackwood of the Bengal Army : born 1838 : educated at the Edinburgh Academy, and Addis-combe : joined the Bengal Artillery : Lieut., 1857 : in the mutiny served with the Rohilkund movable column : commanded the Artillery in the Lushai expedition of 1871–2 under General Bourchier (q.v.) : at Tipai Mukh and other actions : Brevet Major : commanded the Artillery under General Burrows at Maiwand on July 27, 1880 : fell in battle : his little band of men was the last which made any stand against Ayub Khan's forces.