John Pennycuick (British Army infantry officer)

Brigadier John Pennycuick CB, KH (28 October 1789 – 13 January 1849) was an officer in the British Army who served in Java, Burma, Aden, Afghanistan and India.

He became a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1837, and served in the First Anglo-Afghan War in 1839, including the Battle of Ghazni.

[1] His eldest surviving son, James Farrell Pennycuick, joined the British Army, serving in the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny, and retired as a full general.

A younger son, Colonel John Pennycuick, became a British Army engineer and civil servant who also served in India.

His son Alexander fell in the Battle of Chillianwala at the age 17, while defending the body of his father.

Picture of the plaque erected by Sarah Pennycuick, widow of Brigadier John Pennycuick and mother of Alexender of 24th Regiment, both of whom died in Battle of Chillianwala on 13 January 1849.