| 词条 | Walter Fane |
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|name= Walter Fane |image= |caption= |rank=Major-General |branch={{army|British India|23px}} |commands= Fane's Horse |unit= |battles=Indian Rebellion Second Opium War |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath |family= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |birth_date=1828 |death_date=1885 |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |serviceyears= |other work= }} Major-General Walter Fane {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB}} (1828–1885) was a British Indian Army officer who served in Central India, on the North West Frontier as well as in China during the Opium Wars. Fane raised a troop of irregular cavalry to fight in China made up of Indian volunteers and they went on to become Fane's Horse, a regiment that remains part of Pakistan's armed forces. LifeWalter Fane, a member of the Fane family, was born in 1828 in Fulbeck Lincolnshire. He was the son of the Rev. Edward Fane of Fulbeck Hall.[1] Army careerHe entered the army in 1845 and became a lieutenant in 1853. He served in the Punjab Irregular Cavalry on the North West frontier where they fought a number engagements against the hill tribes.[1] During the Indian Rebellion Fane fought against Tantya Tope and he was present when the Indian rebel leader was captured and executed.[1] In 1860 Fane raised the irregular cavalry force of Fane's Horse to fight in China during the Second Opium War. Fane's horse fought in the engagements of Sinho, Chinkiawbaw, Pulli-chi-on as well as in the sacking of Peking under Fane's cousin Field Marshal Sir John Michel. For these services, he was nominated as a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[1] Later lifeFane was also an artist and had limited success throughout his lifetime, and he was the most successful member of a moderately artistic family. He married but had no children and he died aged 58 in Fulbeck where is buried.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/id34.html|title=Obituaries|publisher=The Times|date=19 June 1885|accessdate=28 June 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fane, Walter}} 6 : 1828 births|1880s deaths|British East India Company Army officers|British Indian Army generals|Fane family|Companions of the Order of the Bath |
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