Major-General Sir Crawford Chamberlain, G.C.I.E., C.S.I. was the fourth son of Sir Henry Chamberlain, Bart., Counsel-General and Charge´ d'Affaires in Brazil and his second wife Anne Eugenia, née Morgan. Commissioned an Ensign in the East India Company Army, Crawford went on to serve in the 1st Afghan War, the Scinde campaign, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Indian Mutiny, and on the Northwest Frontier of India. A well-known cavalry officer in his day, he reached the rank of Major General and was made a Companion of the Star of India and a Knight Grand Cross of the Indian Empire. His brother, Field-Marshall Sir Neville Chamberlain is buried next to him.
Major-General Sir Crawford Chamberlain, G.C.I.E., C.S.I. was the fourth son of Sir Henry Chamberlain, Bart., Counsel-General and Charge´ d'Affaires in Brazil and his second wife Anne Eugenia, née Morgan. Commissioned an Ensign in the East India Company Army, Crawford went on to serve in the 1st Afghan War, the Scinde campaign, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the Indian Mutiny, and on the Northwest Frontier of India. A well-known cavalry officer in his day, he reached the rank of Major General and was made a Companion of the Star of India and a Knight Grand Cross of the Indian Empire. His brother, Field-Marshall Sir Neville Chamberlain is buried next to him.
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Major-General Sir Crawford Trotter Chamberlain, G.C.I.E., C.S.I.
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