George Warren

Who was George Warren?

George Warren was a British General who was a major figure in the Afghan and Indian wars of the early 19th century.

George Warren was born in Devon about 1801. He joined the Royal Munster Fusiliers and was posted to HM Indian Forces. On 18 January 1826, as a Lieutenant, he took part in the Storming of the Jungeena Gate at Bhurtpore. On 16 March 1839, as a Brigadier, he described the soldiers' appearance during the passage of the Bolan Pass as: "an army retreating under every disaster; public stores and private property lying about scattered and abandoned in every direction". On 17 September of the same year, he was awarded the Order of the Dooranee Empire, 3rd class. He progressed quickly to the rank of General and remained in India until the early 1860s. He retired to the United Kingdom, firstly to Sudley Lodge, South Bersted, Sussex, and then to Portsea, Portsmouth, where he died in 1884, aged 83.

His medals from the 1839 campaign are in the Watson Medal Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.