'A Young Head On Old Shoulders', 'Douglas Straight (later Sir D.S) Judge at Allahabad', 1885
Pencil drawing by by Brigadier General Francis John Pink (1857-1934), The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 1885.
Sir Douglas Straight (1844-1914) was a British lawyer and politician. Straight was made a judge of the High Court of Judicature in Allahabad in 1879. It was during his time in India that his path must have crossed with Pink. Straight returned to England in 1892 and was knighted. He later became editor of the 'Pall Mall Magazine' and the 'Pall Mall Gazette'.
Brigadier General Francis John Pink was born on 19 November 1857. He served with the Royal Warwickshire Militia before joining the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in 1878. He served in the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and in Burma (1886-1889) and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Pink served in the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899), commanding Egyptian troops at the Battles of Atbara and Omdurman in 1898. He returned to the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), commanding the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War (1899-1902) from November 1900 to May 1902. Pink was made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 1904. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Pink commanded the 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in India from 1905 to 1909. He was promoted to Colonel in 1909 and was invested as a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
Pink returned to the Egyptian Army in 1909 and was appointed General Officer Commanding Khartoum District. He served in the United Kingdom from 1910 until his retirement from the Army in 1916. He died in 1934.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 2016-03-3-21
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National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
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