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Armed Forces / Re: Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
« on: Monday 08 February 16 19:59 GMT (UK) »
A relative, not an ancestor since he died aged only 23, Charles Alfred Montanaro Paske died in Kabul during the Second Afghan War. This is to add to the memory of a young man who died long ago far from home.
He was born 20th June 1855 and gazetted in 1874. In 1878 he joined No.2 Derajat Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force. On 19th December he was shot in the side at Kabul, the bullet lodging in his spine. He died the next day. He had invented a time-fuze and a Pioneer's saddle, called the 'Montanaro Pattern'.
[Source: web.ukonline.co.uk/ewh.bryan/mont-2.html]
If anyone can add to this information it would be very welcome
He was born 20th June 1855 and gazetted in 1874. In 1878 he joined No.2 Derajat Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force. On 19th December he was shot in the side at Kabul, the bullet lodging in his spine. He died the next day. He had invented a time-fuze and a Pioneer's saddle, called the 'Montanaro Pattern'.
[Source: web.ukonline.co.uk/ewh.bryan/mont-2.html]
If anyone can add to this information it would be very welcome