David Limond

(5 April 1831 – 10 July 1895) was a British soldier of the Royal Engineers (Bengal) and a member of a family with a strong tradition of military service.

[1] Later, he was commanding Royal Engineer (as Lieutenant-Colonel) with companies of the Bengal Sappers of the Khyber Division during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80).

[2] Following the conclusion of that war, Limond was made a Companion of the Bath in 1881,[3] one of a number of officers who were honoured or promoted following the cessation of hostilities.

His son, Alexander Limond, a Lieutenant in the 6th Punjab Infantry, died of injuries inflicted by "Ghazi fanatics" at Camp Boya at the close of the Waziristan Campaign on 14 May 1895 according to an inscription in the church at Sandhurst.

[citation needed] A memorial plaque to him is located in the Trossachs Parish Church, to the west of the village of Brig o' Turk overlooking Loch Achray in Stirling.