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{{Infobox person
|name = Hugh Theodore Pinhey
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1858|12|7|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Kolhapur]], [[British Raj]]
|death_date = {{death date and age |1953|2|6|1858|12|7|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Fleet, Hampshire]], England
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'''Hugh Theodore Pinhey''' (7 December 1858 – 6 February 1953) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] soldier and one of the last surviving veterans of the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]].

==Early life and adulthood==

Hugh Theodore Pinhey was born on 7 December 1858 in [[Kolhapur]] (now in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]) to Robert Hill Pinhey and Mary Anne Pellew (granddaughter of the [[Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth|first Viscount Exmouth]]), the third of eight children. His father was [[puisne judge]] of the [[High Court of Bombay]]. One of his younger brothers, [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Sir Alexander Fleetwood Pinhey (1861 – 1916), was awarded the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in November 1901. He also had an uncle who served in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] and was decorated with the [[Ghuznee Medal]].<ref name="war">{{cite web | url=http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/database/permalink.php?pid=521 | publisher=The Second Anglo-Afghan War Database Project | work=www.angloafghanwar.info | title=Pinhey, Hugh Theodore. Assistant Superintendent, Telegraph Department | accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=list/>

Pinhey matriculated at [[Keble College, Oxford|Keble College]] in [[Oxford]], one of the [[Colleges of the University of Oxford|constituent colleges]] of the [[University of Oxford]], where he began his studies on 15 October 1877, at the age of eighteen.<ref>{{cite book|title=Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 : their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees : being the Matriculation Register of the University, Volume 3|year=1888|publisher=Joseph Foster|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cxwFAAAAYAAJ&q=Hugh+Theodore+Pinhey&pg=PA1119|author=University of Oxford|author-link=University of Oxford|accessdate=1 November 2012|page=1119}}</ref> He also trained at the [[Royal Indian Engineering College]]. In 1888, Pinhey married Agnes Uric Ingram.<ref name="war"/><ref name=list/>

==War in Afghanistan==

In January 1879, Pinhey was assigned to the telegraphy department as Assistant Superintendent. He was given the rank of [[lieutenant]] and assigned to the [[104th Wellesley's Rifles|4th Bombay Rifle Corps]]. Pinhey is known for the letter he wrote to his mother over a period of two weeks in which he described the fighting in which he was involved. The British soldier played a major role during the Siege of Kandahar.<ref name="war"/><ref name=list>{{cite book|title=The India list and India Office list|year=1819|publisher=Harrison|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3VQTAAAAYAAJ|quote=Hugh Theodore Pinhey.|author=Great Britain. India Office|accessdate=26 October 2012|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3VQTAAAAYAAJ/page/n592 588]}}</ref><ref name="letter">{{cite web | url=http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/narratives/pinhey.php | title=The Siege of Kandahar | work=www.angloafghanwar.info | publisher=The Second Anglo-Afghan War Database Project | accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref>

==Death==

Pinhey died, aged 94, in [[Fleet, Hampshire]], England, on 6 February 1953, as reportedly the last surviving veteran of the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]].<ref name="war"/> (However, the recorded last British soldier of the campaign was Alfred Hawker, who died on 10 December 1962 aged 104.<ref>{{cite book|last=McWhirter|first=Ross and Norris (editors)|title=The Guinness Book of Records|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofre00mcwh|url-access=registration|year=1972|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofre00mcwh/page/196 196]}}Details of Hawker's service in the campaign not given.</ref>)

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