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Maj.-Gen. Julius George Medley
Julius George Medley, R.E. (1829-1884) was a British engineer with the Public Works Department. He performed military duty and served in the field in the East for 35 years.
He was born on July 19,...view moreJulius George Medley, R.E. (1829-1884) was a British engineer with the Public Works Department. He performed military duty and served in the field in the East for 35 years.
He was born on July 19, 1829 and gazetted in 1847. He arrived in India in 1849 and joined the Public Works Department as Assistant Engineer in 1850. He served as Consulting Engineer for Railways at Lahore, the Punjab Northern Railway and was instrumental in pushing on other railway construction in India.
As Field Engineer, he served with the force under Brigadier Chamberlain against the Bozdars, on the lower Derajat frontiers, in 1857. Early in 1858 he joined Outram, and acted as directing Field-Engineer with the army under the Commander-in-Chief during the final siege of Lucknow. After the capture, Medley was appointed Garrison-Engineer. He was quickly promoted to Captain and then Brevet-Major. He attained full rank of Colonel in 1881, and that of Major-General in 1884.
Medley held various important civil appointments, including Deputy Consulting Engineer for Railways at Lahore in 1858-1860, followed by Principal of the Civil Engineering College, Calcutta, and then Under-Secretary to Government in the Public Works Department.
At the close of the war, although control of the two State lines was transferred to the Director-General of Railways, Medley continued to exercise control over upwards of 2000 miles of railway and witnessed an extension of the lines of Northern India at a rate of 200 miles a year.
He was working at Port Said, on board the P. & O. steamer Ravenna, homeward bound, when he died suddenly on August 28, 1884, aged just 55.view less
Books by Maj.-Gen. Julius George Medley
A Year's Campaigning in India, from March, 1857 to March, 1858