David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ John Edward Dupuis was educated at the Military Academy, Woolwich, and admitted to the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant on 13th February 1825, and became a First Lieutenant on 8th November 1827. Lieutenant Dupuis was with the Spanish Army from 1836 to 1838, and shared in the action of Hernani. He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 22nd July 1840, and continued to serve in that rank with the brevet rank of Major from 8th January 1847 to 22nd April 1853, when he became a Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery. ”

“ The Mutiny in India broke our peace in 1857; he commanded the artillery there from 1857 to 1859, and had a share in many of the events of the campaign, including the operations before Cawnpore. In 1865 he received the command of the 11th Brigade of Royal Artillery, and was made a Knight Commander of the Bath (K.C.B.) . ”

“ He rose from the rank of Colonel successively to be Major-General and Lieutenant-Gcneral, and he became a full General in 1868. General Sir John Edward Dupuis, K.C.B., wore the orders of San Fernando of Spain, Legion of Honour and the Medjidie — also the Crimean medal with four clasps, and the Indian and Sardinian medals. ”