Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone CB was a Scottish officer of the British Army during the 19th century, remembered for service in the highest and lowest actions of the British Army. Elph
Portrait, 1836–1839
The grove and valley of Jugdulluk where Elphinstone's Army made its last stand in the calamitous retreat; January 1842. As drawn on the spot by James Rattray.
First Anglo-Afghan War
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The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the Durranis backed by the British Empire and the Sikh Empire, and the Barakzais of Kabul and Kandahar, alongside their regional allies, from 1838 to 1842
William George Keith Elphinstone
…highest and lowest actions of the British Army. Elphinstone commanded the 33rd Foot at the Battle of Waterloo, and the British force at Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War. He was born in Scotland in 1782, the son of William Fullerton-Elphinstone, who was a director of the East India Company, and nephew of Admiral George…
Lithograph depicting British-Indian force storming the fortress during the Battle of Ghazni, 23 July 1839
Sir-I-Khajur in the Bolan Pass, 1839
The Opening in to the Narrow Path above the Siri Bolan from James Atkinson's Sketches in Afghaunistan
Dost Mohammad Khan's surrender in 1840 following his victory at Parwan Darra.