Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cadell, Thomas
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CADELL, THOMAS (1835–)
Colonel : born Sep. 5, 1835 : son of H. F. Cadell, of Cockenzie, Haddingtonshire : educated at Edinburgh University, Grange, Sunderland and abroad : served with the 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers (now the Munsters), at the siege of Delhi and subsequent operations, and with the 3rd Bengal Cavalry in the Oudh campaign : commanded a flying column in Bundelkund. After the mutiny, Cadell entered the Political Department and served in Central India and Rajputana : was Chief Commissioner of the Andamans from 1879 to 1892 : received his V.C. for saving life on two occasions at the Flagstaff Picket, Delhi, on June 12, 1857, bringing in wounded men under severe fire.