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[[File:Robert Limond Bengal Medical Service family grave at Kensal Green Cemetery.JPG|thumbnail|Grave of the Limond family at Kensal Green Cemetery]]
Major-General '''David Limond''' [[Companion of the Bath|C.B.]] (5 April 1831 – 10 July 1895) was a British soldier of the [[Royal Engineers|Royal Engineers (Bengal)]] and a member of a family with a strong tradition of military service.

==Military career==
Early in his career, Limond was with the [[Lucknow]] garrison in 1857 at the time of the [[Indian Mutiny]].<ref>[[Edward Talbot Thackeray|Thackeray, Edward Talbot]]. (1900) [https://archive.org/stream/biographicalnoti00thaciala#page/66/mode/2up ''Biographical Notices of Officers of the Royal (Bengal) Engineers''.] London: Smith, Elder & Co., p. 66.</ref> 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).<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/biographicalnoti00thaciala#page/186/mode/2up Thackeray, p. 187.]</ref>

Following the conclusion of that war, Limond was made a [[Companion of the Bath]] in 1881,<ref name="The London Gazette - 1 March 1881 - Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 1st of March">{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24944/page/975/data.pdf|title=Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 1st of March|date=1 March 1881|page=1|work=[[The London Gazette]]|publisher=|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref> one of a number of officers who were honoured or promoted following the cessation of hostilities.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/biographicalnoti00thaciala#page/190/mode/2up Thackeray, p. 190.]</ref>

==Family==
Limond's father was Robert Limond (1775-1832) (died at sea) of the [[Indian Medical Service|Bengal Medical Service]] and his mother was Catherine Limond (born 1799). David had siblings Anne, Robert Simpson, Catherine Simpson, Marion, and Margaret.

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 [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Sandhurst]].<ref>Mockler-Ferryman, A.F. (1900) [https://archive.org/stream/annalsofsandhurs00mockrich#page/84/mode/2up ''Annals of Sandhurst: A Chronicle of the Royal Military College from its Foundation to the Present Day &c.''] London: [[William Heinemann]], p. 84.</ref>

==Death==
Limond died on 10 July 1895, not long after his son Alexander died on active service. David Limond is buried at [[Kensal Green Cemetery]] along with his parents and siblings.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} A [[church memorial|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 (council area)|Stirling]]. The memorial includes the brass figure of a [[centurion]] and a hunting scene.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-4064-brig-o-turk-trossachs-parish-church-includ#.VglU1uxVhBc |title=Brig O'Turk Trossachs Parish Church Including Graveyard, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Railings, Callander |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=28 September 2015 |quote=}}</ref>

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>Dl2000 at 01:58, 22 April 2018