Major Frances Taylor Duhan (1873 - 1915), an old boy of Jersey College and Bedford Grammar School, was commissioned 1894 and joined the 24th Punjabis, Indian Army, 1896; transferred to the 19th Punjabis and promoted Lieutenant 1897; took part in operations on the North West Frontier 1897-98, was present at the Reliefs of Malakand and Chakdara, the action at Landakai, and operations in Bajaur and Mamund; Captain 1903; served in the Mohmand 1908; Major 1912

In early 1915 Major Duhan was attached to the 57th (Wilde's) Rifles (Frontier Force), then serving in France and Flanders. During the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915, the Germans breached the allied line by the first use of poison gas in warfare, and the 57th were ordered up to the Ypres Salient to plug the gap. On cresting a small ridge some 700 yards from the German line they were met by a withering fire and Major Duhan, along with two other British officers, was killed instantly

The battalion had gone into action with eight British Officers, twelve Indian Officers, and 560 rank and file. It came out with three British and three Indian officers and 216 men. During the action Jamedar Mir Dast, 55th (Coke's) Rifles, attached 57th, won the V.C., the first such award to an Indian rank of the Frontier Force (The Bond of Sacrifice, Vol.II, and Jersey College Book of Remembrance refer)