3-077-802 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late General John Liptrott, an Indian officer of sixty years' active service, 1890. 'This veteran military officer...served...forty-two years in India without once coming home. He...joined the 31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry in February 1829. In 1839 he was transferred, as second in command, to the 3rd Local Horse, afterwards the 3rd Irregular Cavalry, and with this regiment he served through the Afghan campaign of 1842, with Pollock's army...[He] served through the Sutlej campaigns. He had his horse shot under him at the battle of Aliwal. In reward for his conduct in the Khyber Pass in January 1842,...he was, though only a Lieutenant and Brevet Captain, at the solicitation of Sir Henry Lawrence, who was an eyewitness of his behaviour, appointed to raise the 17th Bengal Irregular Cavalry (now the 7th Bengal Cavalry). This regiment he commanded until January 1854, when (being only a regimental Captain) he assumed command of the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers...in Burmah. In February 1855 he returned to "Liptrott's Horse" (the 17th Irregular Cavalry), which regiment he commanded all through the war of the Sepoy Mutiny. In 1861 he was appointed to the command of the 4th Regiment Native Infantry, which he held till...June 1869'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.