Alexander Burnes ( 1805 - 1841 )

Birth: 16 May 1805 Death: Kabul (02 November 1841) Career: Joined Bombay Native Infantry (1821); Assistant Quater Master-General of Army, India, Headquarters Bombay, (1828); lost his life in Kabul tragedy, murdered by Afghan mob, with annihilation of a force of between twelve and fifteen thousand men of Indian Army, including camp followers.