Montague Hall
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Montague Hall (27 August 1831 - 12 March 1904), was a British officer during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Biography
Montague Hall was born on 27 August 1831 in Bristol.[1]
Military history
Hall served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War, and then as field engineer with the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers under Henry Havelock at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[2][3] In 1858 he returned to Kanpur with Lord Clyde and was put back on regimental duty.[2] Hall joined the 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers in 1861 and retired as honorary colonel on 13 June 1883.[1][2]
Personal
Hall was a photographer and was himself photographed with Thomas Henry Kavanagh by Felice Beato.[2][4]
Death and legacy
Hall died on 12 March 1904.[1] His collection of 99 items is kept in the National Army Museum, London.[5]