PIGOU, Robert

PIGOU, Robert. Bengal 1816 — Afghanistan 24.2.1841, when 24. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Henry Minchin P., of Bengal Civil Service, and Elizabeth Bird. Lieutenant of Bengal Engineers. Killed by a premature explosion while blowing open the gates of a fort in Nazian valley.

Publications: “On the Topes of Darounta and Caves of Bahrabad”, JASB 10, 1841, 381-386.

Sources: http://glosters.tripod.com/FAfghan.htm: list of officers killed in Afghanistan.

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