Brigadier General
Charles Robert CURETON
CB
General List
Died: 22nd November 1848 - Age: 59

Commemorated:

1. Grave:Kent & Sussex CemeteryA.14 Royal Tunbridge Wells
    

Awards & Titles:

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
 

Early Life :

Born 1789 to Edward and Henrietta Bill. Married Charlotte Agnes in Walch, Somerset 14th April, 1821.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: 14th Dragoons 

Action : Battle of Ramnagar 

The Battle of Ramnagar (sometimes referred to as the Battle of Rumnuggur) was fought on 22 November 1848 between British and Sikh forces during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough, while the Sikhs were led by Sher Singh Attariwalla. The Sikhs repelled an attempted British surprise attack.

"Cureton was commissioned as an ensign in the Shropshire militia on 21 April 1806. He fought at the Battle of Talavera in July 1809, the Battle of Bussaco in September 1810 and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811 during the Peninsular War. He also saw action at the Siege of Badajoz in April 1812, the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812 and the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813 as well as the Battle of Orthez in February 1814, the Battle of Tarbes in March 1814 and the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814. Cureton also fought at the Battle of Ghazni in July 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan War and took part in the Gwalior Campaign in December 1843. He commanded the cavalry at the Battle of Aliwal in January 1846 and the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War.He became Adjutant-General in India from April 1846 and commanded the cavalry division at the Battle of Ramnagar where he was killed in November 1848 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War."

See also: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Volume 22 Page 309: and Wikisource Dictionary of National Biography.

Detail :

Charles Robert Cureton, subaltern in Shropshire Militia 1806; fled from creditors disguised as a sailor; joined 14th Light Dragoons as trooper; wounded at Coimbra 1810 and at Fuentes d’Onoro; Cornet 20 October 1814, from Serjeant 14th Light Dragoons (exchanged via 40th Foot); Lieutenant 27 June 1816; Captain in 16th Light Dragoons 12 November 1825; Major 6 December 1833; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 23 July 1830; Lieutenant-Colonel 21 August 1839; received CB 1844; Brigadier-General in India 1846; killed in action at Ramnagur 22 November 1848.

He is buried at the Kent & Sussex Cemetery, Royal Tunbridge Wells.

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Lodge of Sincerity No. 824 E.C.Bengal
Joined : Hope No. 413 E.C. Bengal

Initiated
Passed
Raised
12th January 1835
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Initiated into Lodge of Sincerity at Cawnpore, Bengal, 1835. The Lodge Number at this time was 824 on the A List and 552 on the B List. He is listed as a Major of the 16th Lancers at the time. The lodge was erased in 1858.

He joined Hope Lodge No. 596 at Meerut, 1st March 1843. This lodge was renumbered Lodge 413 from 1863 and is now under the Bengal Constitution as Lodge No. 4.

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