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Montague Hall (27 August 1831 - 12 March 1904), was a British officer during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Biography
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Montague Hall was born on 27 August 1831 in Bristol.[1]
Military history
[edit]Hall served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War, and then as field engineer with the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers under Henry Havelock at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[2][3] In 1858 he returned to Kanpur with Lord Clyde and was put back on regimental duty.[2] Hall joined the 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers in 1861 and retired as honorary colonel on 13 June 1883.[1][2]
Personal
[edit]Hall was a photographer and was himself photographed with Thomas Henry Kavanagh by Felice Beato.[2][4]
Death and legacy
[edit]Hall died on 12 March 1904.[1] His collection of 99 items is kept in the National Army Museum, London.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Walmer, Kent, 1865 (c) | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London". collection.nam.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Annand, A. McK. (1966). ""Lucknow" Kavanagh and the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, Lucknow, 1858". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 44 (179): 178–182. ISSN 0037-9700.
- ↑ Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. Society for Army Historical Research. 1966. p. 180.
- ↑ Goldsmith, Robert Frederick Kinglake (1974). The Military Memorials of Winchester Cathedral. Friends of Winchester Cathedral. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-903346-05-4.
- ↑ "'The Angel of Pity' in the Memorial Garden, Cawnpore, 1867 | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London". collection.nam.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
Further reading
[edit]External links
[edit]- "National Army Museum, London: Monague Hall's photography collection". collection.nam.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2026.