John Coke (EICo)
for the Wikify tag on this article.Major-General John Coke CB (1806–1897) of the 10th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry was a soldier of the East India Company Army, who raised in 1849 the 1st Regiment of Punjab Infantry, renamed in 1903 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force). Major-General Coke received the Delhi medal and clasp, and was made Companion of the Order of the Bath. The dates of his later commissions are — Brevet Major, 1854; Brevet Lieut-Colonel, 1858; Colonel, 1858; and Major-General on retirement. He was J. P. and D.L. for the county of Hereford, and was High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1879.
Read more about John Coke (EICo): Family, Career, Action in Sindh, 2nd Anglo-Sikh War, Raises The 1st Regiment Punjab Infantry, Appointed Deputy Commissioner of Kohat, Service in Indian Mutiny, Retirement To Herefordshire, England, Sources
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