'Goorkhas rifling the dead Sikhs', 1846

Watercolour by Ensign Bethune Donald Grant, 35th Bengal Light Infantry, 1846 (c).

The 4th Nusseree (Rifle) Battalion (later 1st Gurkhas) and the 6th (Sirmoor) Rifle Battalion (later 2nd Gurkhas) both distinguished themselves in the hard fought campaigns of the 1st Sikh War (1845-1846). They saw action in several battles, including the affairs at Aliwal (28 January 1846) and Sobraon (10 February 1846).

Bethune Donald Grant (1827-1854) was the son of a surgeon, John Grant and Elizabeth Nicholson Agnes Hayes. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the 35th Bengal Native Infantry. He died in Agra on 30 November 1854.