The Pughs and the Calcutta Light Horse
My grandfather, Lt Col Archie Pugh CBE, VD The Pugh family had a long connection with the Calcutta Light Horse, the volunteer regiment stationed in Calcutta. My grandfather Archie Pugh , a solicitor, joined them in 1880. He served as Colonel of the Company from 1912 until 1922 when he died. We have a lovely silver tray engraved with his name and dates of service given by his fellow officers. A book, 'Merchant Prince' by Sir Owain Jenkins, published in 1987, paints a fascinating picture of the types of people who served in the Calcutta Light Horse it and the lives they led. The inscription on the silver tray given to Col Archie Pugh in 1922 Maj Lewis Pugh in 1943. 'A fire-eating Horse Artilleryman of deceptively demure appearance'' And in 1943, my cousin Lewis Pugh , who was a regular soldier serving with Special Services in India, commanded a secret raid on German ships using members of the company. The raid was described in a book by James Leas...