Note 127 — BATTLE OF CHILIANWALA. 13th. January, 1849.
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When Brigadier Pennycuick fell mortally wounded, a Sikh was mangling the body; on seeing which his son rushed forward, dealt an avenging blow, and across his father’s corpse endeavoured to protect the remains; but it was in vain, and the heroic youth fell overpowered by numbers.
Another father and son met a like fate in this campaign. Colonel Cureton was killed at Ramnuggur, and his son, Lieutenant A. J. Cureton, of the 14th. Light Dragoons, fell at Chilianwala.