General Sir David Russell was a British Army officer.
Memorial to Sir David Russell and his family, Dunblane Cathedral
Capture of Lucknow
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The Capture of Lucknow was a battle of Indian rebellion of 1857. The British recaptured the city of Lucknow which they had abandoned in the previous winter after the relief of a besieged garrison in t
David Russell (British Army officer)
…Light Dragoons on 10 January 1828. He commanded the 5th Brigade at the second relief of Lucknow in November 1857 and commanded the 2nd Brigade at the capture of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion. He became General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in July 1868. He was given the colonelcy of the…
Begum Kothi or Queen's House, Lucknow, 1858