Show ROYAL JEWELS after a long and active service in the british army the quiet of the tower of london will probably he be welcome to gen sir robert cunliffe cunliff e low who has just been appointed keeper of the jewel house in that venerable and historical pile few general officers in the army have a more ap WN varied and brilliant record of services and few VI P can look back on so many exciting moments as ag sir robert has gone through in the course 0 of his career receiving his first commission in the bengal cavalry in 1854 he served throughout the indian mutiny and was present at the sieges of delhi and lucknow after that he took part in several I 1 minor wars in different parts of india earned medals was mentioned in dispatches and received the thanks of the indian government on several occasions in that terrible march from kabul to kandahari Kan dahar with which lord roberts name is everlastingly connected sir robert low was chief director of transport and he be was present at the battle which took place at the latter place later he took part in one of tho the burmese expeditions and in 1893 having by this time risen to the rank of major general he commanded the relief force orce to chittal Ch itral and for this was again mentioned in dispatches and thanked by the government of india from 1898 to 1903 as lieutenant general and general he commanded the forces in the bombay district of india |