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Robert Napier Raikes
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General Robert Napier Raikes Painted by Arthur Trevithin Nowell
Born13 October 1813
Drayton, Norfolk, England
Died23 March 1909 (1909-03-24) (aged 95)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / British Empire
Service/branchRobert Napier Raikes British Indian Army
RankGeneral
Battles/warsGwalior campaign
Second Anglo-Burmese War
Indian Rebellion

General Robert Napier Raikes (13 October 1813 – 23 March 1909) joined the British Indian Army aged 16 in 1829. He first returned home to England "on furlough" 35 years later. Aged 76 in 1889, he became General of the Remount, responsible for the provision of horses throughout the British Indian Army.[1]

  1. ^ The Newberys in Six Generations page 65, printed by Bemrose and Sons Limited, Derby and London, 1911

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