Dictionary of Indian Biography/Fyers, Sir William Augustus

by Charles Edward Buckland

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FYERS, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS (1816–1895)

General : joined the Army, 1834 : at the capture of Karachi : Captain in the 40th regt. in the Afghan war, 1841–2, under Nott at Kandahar and Kabul, and in the return to India : in the Crimea : in the mutiny, commanded a battalion at Cawnpur : at the capture of Lucknow : died Nov. 10, 1895 : K.C.B.