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"Walter II was referred to above as the founder of the large family shown in the following pages. The expansion and subsequent diminution of this family is of interest. "Walter II had twelve children. In spite of the fact that only five of these had families, there were over 40 grand-children, over 80 great-grand-children. Owing to the way in which the younger generations have become scattered, it is impossible to trace the numbers in later generations. There is a very definite diminution, however, in Great Britain in the number of descendants of the surname of Brind. Whereas Walter II had some 45 grandchildren of the name of Brind, there are only nine Brind great-great-grandchildren, (five male and four female) on this side of the Atlantic. To these may be added two great-grandchildren, the son and daughter of Paul Brind, who though they belong to the generation above, are really contemporaries. "It is a remarkable fact that between Walter II who was born in 1763 and Roger, the son of Paul, who was born in 1934 (170 years later there are only two lives Sir James, born in 1808 and Paul, born in the eighties." "Frederic Brind was the fourth son and eighth child of Walter Brind of London (referred to in these notes as Walter II). He was born in 1802. He joined the Bengal Artillery in about 1822, and up to the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, he had seen much active service and had a far more distinguished career than his, subsequently, more celebrated brother, James. "Frederic Brind first saw active service on the Assam Frontier in 1825. He next saw service in Central India in 1843, with the first troop 3rd Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery (now 'L' Battery R.H.A.) and as a reward for his services he received Brevet promotion to the rank of Major. He fought throughout the First and Second Sikh wars in '45/6 and '48/9 and was repeatedly mentioned in despatches. He received Brevet promotion to the ranks of Lieut-Colonel and Colonel and the C.B. "On the outbreak of the Mutiny in 1857 he was the Brigadier commanding the troops at Sialkot in the Punjab on the border of Kashmir. The following is an extract from Maj-General Stubb's 'History of the Bengal Artillery':ù_ "p.307 "July, 1857. The station of Sialkot had been deprived of its Europeans by the dispatch with the movable column of Dawes' Troop, Bourchief's Field Battery and the 52nd Regiment. It had also lost the 35th N.I. but there remained the 46th N.I. and a wing of the 9th Light Cavalry. The Brigadier, Colonel Frederic Brind, C.B., of the Artillery, remonstrated and begged for 250 to be left, which was refused. Even if Brigadier Brind's faith in the loyalty of the Sepoy had been as great as it is said to have been, it is impossible to acquit Sir John Lawrence of having neglected an ordinary precaution which should have been taken. "July 9th 1857 On the Morning of the 9th, the officers discovered when they went out that picquets had been placed to prevent anyone escaping. It was a day filled up with several murders and many hair breadth escapes. Fortunately, most of the intended victims found their way to the fort, though under fire. Among other fatalities, Brigadier Brind mounted his horse and rode forth, but was shot in the back by his orderly, he died the next day..... "Brigadier Frederic Brind was buried in the cemetery at Sialkot and his grave was recently visited
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