Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet, was a British Indian Army officer. He first saw action at the Battle of Deeg and at the Siege of Bhurtpore during the Second Anglo-Maratha War before tak
Portrait by Francis Grant, 1856
Sir George Pollock in his Field Marshal's uniform
Remnants of an Army by Elizabeth Butler depicts Dr. Brydon arriving at Jalalabad
Kabul Expedition (1842)
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The Kabul Expedition was a punitive campaign undertaken by the British against the Afghans following the disastrous retreat from Kabul. Two British and East India Company armies forced through the Khy
Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet
…force commanded by General William Nott who was advancing on Kabul from Kandahar. After fighting battles at Gandamak, Jagdalak Pass and Tezeen, Pollock secured Kabul in September 1842. He destroyed the Great Bazaar in Kabul before withdrawing to India in October 1842. Advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of…
British and Indian troops outside Kabul in 1842
Battle in Kabul between the Afghans versus the Sikhs, Gurkas, and British in 1842. Coloured transfer taken lithograph
A sketch of Kandahar, in December 1841
Afghan foot soldiers, lithograph by James Rattray (1841)