Burrows, Captain 404
Burrows, Brigadier General G. R. S. 354, 355, 356
Burton, Ensign Richard 171, 176
butterfly and moth collecting 164
Bux, Eli 400
Buxar, battle (1764) 49
Cairo 95
Calcutta 45–6, 110–13
capture and recapture (1756–57) 46–7
climate 31
Callwell, Second Lieutenant Charles 26, 165, 176, 329
camels, baggage 124–5
campaign medals 325–6
campaigning, necessities of 266–7
Campbell, Colonel [of HM’s 52nd] 241–2
Campbell, Lieutenant Colonel 342
Campbell, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander 415
Campbell, Sir Archibald 460
Campbell, Bessie (later Fenton) 140–1, 487
Campbell, Field Marshal Sir Colin, Baron Clyde 75, 78, 183, 184–5, 293, 321, 347, 348, 372, 390, 498
Campbell, Captain Colin [of HM’s 74th] 376
Campbell, Captain Niel 141, 487
Campbell, Lieutenant Walter 116–17, 232, 271, 470–1, 473
canal system 29
Canning, Charles, 1st Earl Canning [Governor General, 1856–62; Viceroy from 1858] 74, 75, 78, 147, 210, 461
cannon manufacture 332–3
cantonments, military 138, 139–41, 143
Cantwell, Sergeant Major 14
captains 219, 220, 253, 266, 272
carbines 82, 362
Cardigan, Lieutenant Colonel James Brudenell, 7th Earl of 224, 231, 432
Carnatic 54
Caroe, Sir Olaf 196, 203
Carter, Sergeant Major George xxiv, 27–8, 230, 238, 265–6
caste 299–300
casualties 402
Cavagnari, Major Sir Louis 86, 211, 324
cavalry charges 313–14, 359–60, 364–73
Cave, Revd Alfred 35
Cawnpore, in the Mutiny 75–7, 78
massacre in the Bibighar 76–7, 486
Central India Field Force 78–9
Ceylon 289
Chakalwat, action (1895) 196
Chaman Extension Railway 27
Chamberlain, Crawford 247
Chamberlain, Field Marshal Sir Neville 42, 190–1, 200, 203, 212, 247
duties at Hazara (1850) 199–200
commands Movable Column (1857) 75, 241–2
chaplains, regimental 463–4, 467
Chatham Barracks, Kent 93–4
Cheem, Aliph 444, 506
Chester, Colonel 341
child commissions 224, 246
Chillianwallah, battle (1849) 68, 229, 315, 318, 342–3, 369–71, 406
Chinhut, battle (1857) 329–31
Chinsurah depot, Bengal 114, 250–1
Chitor 36
Chitral 86–7
Chitral relief campaign (1895) xxxii, 86, 196, 287, 298–9, 314
Chitral Scouts xxxii
chloroform 403
cholera 468, 469–73, 485–6
churches 459, 460
churchgoing 459
Churchill, Winston 86–7, 195, 232
citadels 374
civil lines 138
Clark, George 191
Clark–Kennedy, Captain John 67, 123, 190, 381–2, 386
claymores 351, 362
Clifton, Sergeant 360
climate 28, 29, 30–5
Clive, Major General Robert Clive, 1st Baron [Governor of Bengal 1757–60, 1765–67] 46, 47–8, 49, 50, 182–3, 186, 272, 275
clothes 159–60, 161–2, 163–4
clubs 157–8
Coghill, Lieutenant Kendall 95, 353, 486
Cole, Surgeon J. J. 403
Colebrook, Sir George 244
Colley, Linda xxi–xxii
colonels 227, 266
colour sergeants 219
colours 343–5
Colvin, John 74
Combe, Major General Boyce 454, 455
Combermere, General Sir Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount 184, 277, 388
Commander in Chief, India 182–5, 186, 188
staff 189
commanding officers, paternalism of some 318
Compagnie des Indes 46
company sergeant majors 220
Connelly, Private Thomas 457
Contagious Diseases and Cantonment Act of India (1864) 480
Cooch Behar, Maharajah of 450
Coorgs 289
Coote, Lieutenant General Sir Eyre 48, 49, 50–1, 109, 182, 183, 184, 328, 332, 500
Corneille, Lieutenant John 30–1, 50, 96, 97, 101–2, 117
cornets 224
Cornwall, Major 226–7
Cornwallis, Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess [Governor General, 1786–93; 1805] 53, 55, 186, 276
Cotton, Sir Henry 84
Cotton, Sir Stapleton see Combermere, 1st Viscount
Cotton, Brigadier Sydney 209
courage, lapses in 318–19
Court, Claude Auguste 306
Court, Henri 62
Cowtan, Corporal F. B. 65
Cranborne, Lord 91
Creed, Lieutenant 380
cross-cultural relationships 439–43
crossing the line 101–2
Crow, Conductor William 237–8
Cummings, Captain 105–6
Cummings, Captain John 319
Cunningham, Captain J. D. 16
Cuppage, Sergeant Major 344
Cureton, Brigadier Robert 190, 223, 368, 369
Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Baron Curzon of Kedleston [Viceroy, 1899–1904] 84–5, 186–8, 189, 454–6
Cust, Robert 17, 408
dacoits 215, 289
Dalhousie Barracks, Calcutta 138
Dalhousie, James Ramsay, 10th Earl and 1st Marquess of [Governor General, 1848–56] 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 185, 186, 191–2, 300
doctrine of lapse 70, 71
Dalip Singh 62, 66
Daly, General Sir Henry 175–6, 185, 201, 207, 208, 212–13, 240, 242, 246, 272, 334, 385, 389–90, 504
raises 1st Punjab Cavalry 193, 261
Dargai, battle (1897) 358
dawk, running 24–5
Deacon, Lieutenant Colonel 276–7
Deas, Alec 191, 250
Deas, Robert 250
deer-stalking 165
Delhi 38, 41, 139
battle (1803) 55
Durbars 82, 85, 187–8
in the Mutiny (1857)
mutineers at Delhi 74, 302
defence of arsenal 74, 237–8
position on ridge 77, 207, 381, 464–6
British assault 77, 207, 350–1, 362, 388–9, 402, 416, 421–2
Delhi Field Force 75
Delmar, Captain 371
Dempster, Sergeant 292
Denham-Cookes, Lieutenant George 366–7
Dennie, Lieutenant Colonel 398, 433
Deolali 120
Deprat, Monsieur 466–7
depression 475
Desault, Pierre-Joseph 403
Desborough, Major S. H. 130
Dick, Major General Sir Robert 7, 10, 11, 304, 321
Dick, Robert [son] 304
Dinapur 33, 141
dining, in officers’ messes 158
Disraeli, Benjamin 59
Distinguished Conduct Medal 325
Distinguished Service Order 325
doctors, native 409–10
doctrine of lapse 70, 71, 81
Dodd, Major 308
dogs 171–4, 504
doolie-bearers 406
Doondiah Waugh 307, 321
Dost Mohammed Khan, Amir of Kabul 55, 59, 320
Douglas, Assistant Surgeon Campbell, VC 325
Dowling, John 432
Draper, Captain 341
drink 415–25
drummers, regimental 3, 4–5
drunkenness 415, 419–20, 422–5
duelling 476–9
Duff, Private Thomas, VC 235
Duleep Singh, Maharaja 383
dum-dum bullets 357
Durand, Lieutenant 378
Durga Singh 194
Dyer, Alfred 481
Dyer, Edward 420
Dyer, Reginald Edward 420
East India Company xxi
armed forces 46, 53
benevolent towards local religions 458
Board of Control 52
charter renewals and reforms (1833, 1853) 52
depots in England 93
first substantial land holding (1757) 48
India Act (1784) 52
decision on mixed-race
appointments (1792) xxvii
origins and development 44–5
presidencies 52
trade with 45–6
Regulating Act (1773) 52
revenue collector for Bengal, Bihar and Orissa 49
rule replaced by that of Crown (1858) 80
East India Company’s Army xxix, 182
artillery 255
cadets, training and commissioning of 250–1
death statistics 474
European regiments 216, 233, 235, 253
irregular regiments 251, 254–5, 261
officers
contrast with HM’s not so great 249–50
friction with HM’s 239–43
social backgrounds 248–9
officers’ commissions 239
obtained by interest 244–6, 248
pay 236, 237
presidency armies 188, 192, 233, 237, 255–6
structure 254
promotion 237–8, 251
subscription system 251–2
of officers 243–4
Scots and Irish elements 233–6
transferred to Crown after Mutiny 252–3
transfers from HM’s service 244
East Indiamen 92
as troopships 96–7, 99, 108
Eden, Hon. Emily 103–4, 136, 154, 459, 487
Eden, George see Auckland, George
Eden, 1st Earl of
Edmonstone, Lieutenant John 404–5
Edward VII, King Emperor 453, 455
Edwardes, Major General Sir Herbert xxx, 66, 75, 200, 208–10, 438, 461, 485
elephants 165–6, 168, 271
Elers, Captain George 103, 145, 225, 228, 243, 278, 407–8, 411, 472, 501–2
Ellenborough, Edward Law, 2nd
Baron [Governor General, 1842–44] 58, 59
Elles, Major General Sir Edmond 188
Elphinstone, Major General William 56, 396
Engineers, HEIC 242–3
engineers, military 220–1, 374
ensigns 219, 224, 266, 267, 343, 423
enteric 468
Ervin,John 236–7
escalades 376–7
Eurasians xxvi, 148
European women, in India (memsahibs) 72, 436, 438, 443–4, 476, 485
contribute to transformation in attitudes 445–6
Evatt, Surgeon-Major T. H. 29
executions 425–30
Eyre, Lieutenant Vincent 56, 57
Falkland, Lady 152–3, 444
family tradition 247, 248, 260
Fane, Lieutenant General Sir Henry 31, 153, 185, 191
Fane, Isabella 31, 153–4, 160, 185
Farquhar, Lieutenant 405
Fategarh 78
Fatehpur, battle (1857) 353
Fatehpur Sikri 28–9
Fayrer, Dr 271, 392, 405
Fearon, Lieutenant Colonel 108
Fenton, Bessie 268, 446–7, 475
Ferguson, Niall xxi
Ferozepore 362–3, 428–30
Ferozeshah, battle (1845) 5, 6, 9, 63–5, 203, 294, 319, 336, 344, 402, 408, 409, 499
field guns 338, 339
field hospitals 407–9
field treasury officers 127
Findlater, Piper George, VC 358
firing squad, death by 427
fishing 164–5
‘Fishing Fleet’ 443–4, 445
Fitzgibbon, Hospital Apprentice
Thomas, VC 325
Flinn, Drummer Thomas, VC 506
flogging 430–2
Forbes, Captain 313
Forbes-Mitchell, Sergeant William 34, 110–11, 127, 277, 317, 350, 354, 435, 462, 467
Ford, Matthew 304–5
Forrest, Mrs 409–10
Fort St George, Madras 117–18, 138, 182–3
Fort William, Calcutta 111, 113, 138
fortresses, Indian 35–6, 374–5
Fosbery, Lieutenant G. V. 354
Fowell, Lieutenant N. P. 355
Fraser, James Baillie 214
Fraser, General James Stewart of Ardachy 324
Fraser, Sergeant Major John 93, 129, 143, 155–6, 219, 222–3, 235
Fraser, Major William 214, 443
freemasonry 450–2
Fulcher, Drummer Darby 1, 2–3, 12, 18–19
uniform 3–4
furlough 488
fuses 337–8
Galbraith, Lieutenant Colonel 344
Gall, Captain 360
gallantry awards 324–5, 326
Gandamack, HM’s 44th’s final stand at (1842) 57, 344
Gardner, Alan Hyde 441
Gardner, William Linnaeus 440–1
Garstin, Captain John 220–1
General Service Enlistment Order (1856) 72
generals 227, 228
Georgegarh xxvi
Germon, Captain Charles 172, 281, 392
Germon, Maria 172, 281, 390–1, 391–2, 392–3, 393–4, 395–6
Ghazni 203
capture (1839) 56, 377–9
Gheria 37
Gilbert, Major General Sir Walter 7, 15
Giles, H. S. B. 166
Gilgit xxviii
Gillespie, Colonel Rollo 273
Gleig, Revd G. R. 375–6
Glover, Lieutenant 456
Golconda 36
Goldbourne, Sophie 486–7
Gomme, General Sir William 456
Goodward, Private Charles xxv–xxvi, 125, 463
Goodwin, Major 242
Gordon, Mr 306
Gordon, Lieutenant Colonel ‘Dirty’ 161
Gordon, Revd G. M. 467
Gordon-Alexander, Lieutenant
William 101, 163, 362, 431
Gough, Lieutenant Hugh 372–3
Gough, 1st Viscount 6, 321, 322, 323, 467
First Sikh War 63–6, 184, 203, 336
Sobraon 6–7, 9–10, 11, 15, 16
Second Sikh War 67, 68–9, 185, 190, 318, 368
Gould, Sergeant William 367–8
Government House, Calcutta 220
governors-general 52, 186
Grady, Private Johnny 283
Graham, Major 48
Grant, Lieutenant 422
Grant, Major General Sir James Hope 312, 372, 415–16, 463
graves, known and unknown 499–500
Great Game 85
Gregson, Revd J. G. 432, 434
Grey, Major General Sir John 1
griffins 133–5
Griffiths, Captain Charles J. 137, 296, 302, 326, 388–9, 415, 416, 428–30, 501
grog 417, 419
Gujrat, battle (1849) 68, 283, 333, 336, 341, 343, 371
Gujarat, Sultan of 36
Gulab Singh 66, 202
gunners, British, accuracy of 335–6
guns, men blown from 75, 259–60, 289, 427–30
Gurkhas 55
Guru Nanak 40
Guthrie, George 403
Gwalior 36, 212, 374
Gwalior campaign (1843–44) see battles of (1) Maharajpore, (2) Punniar
Haileybury College 53
Halloran, Private Lawrence 236–7
Hamilton, Lieutenant Ian 302–3
Hamilton, Lieutenant Walter, VC 211
Hamzullah Khan, Ressaldar 261–2, 262–3
hanging, death by 426–7
Hanna, Colonel H. B. 399
Hardcastle, Gunner Richard 114–15, 163–4, 184–5, 277, 461–2
Hardiman, Captain Lucius Ferdinand 109
Hardinge, Captain Arthur 16–17
Hardinge, Lieutenant General Sir
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount [Governor General, 1844–48] 7, 9, 18, 62, 63, 64, 66, 186, 215, 430
Harris, Mr 466, 467
Harris, Mrs Webber 485–6
Harrison, Corporal William 496
Harvey, Captain Ralph 474
Hastings, General Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Earl of Moira and 1st Marquess of [Governor General, 1813–23] 186, 451
Hastings, Warren (1732–1818)
[Governor General, 1774–85] 52, 55, 103
Havelock, Lieutenant General Sir
Harry, VC 249, 504–5
Havelock, Major General Sir Henry
xxvi, 57, 58, 75, 76, 78, 106–7, 113, 185, 189, 226, 228, 230, 246, 258, 271, 322, 323–4, 353–4, 360, 371, 390, 395, 397, 433, 459–60, 497
Havelock, Will 360, 368–9
Hawkins, William 44
Hazara 199, 202, 203
Hearsey, Andrew xxvii, 441
Hearsey, Captain Henry 441
Hearsey, Captain Hyder Young 308, 441
Hearsey, Lieutenant General Sir John
Bennet xxvii, 441, 446
Hemu (Raja Vikramaditya) 39
Henry, Surgeon Walter 99, 106, 166
Hensman, Howard 399
Heron, Lieutenant Colonel 50
Hervey, Captain Albert 3, 24–5, 101, 102, 104, 106, 116, 118, 134, 144, 150, 151, 251, 252, 267, 268–9, 294–5, 299–300, 445
Hickey, William xxv, 102, 109, 145, 239, 244–6, 436–7, 477
Hill, Colonel 318, 427
Hills, Major General J., VC 228
Hobhouse, Sir John 59
Hodson, Susan (Mrs) xxx, 487
Hodson, Major William Stephen
Raikes xxix–xxx, 77, 207, 209, 212, 487
Holkar, Jaswant Rao, of Indore 54, 55, 292, 308
Holmes, John 310
Holmes, Richard, ride across North-West Frontier xxxii, 85
Home, Surgeon Anthony D. 27, 295, 392, 394, 403
Home, Lieutenant John 269–70
Honeywell, Lieutenant 344
honours and awards 323–4
Hooghly River 110
hookahs 439
Hookhum Singh 10–11
Hope, Brigadier General the Hon.
Adrian 226, 227, 348
horse artillery 220, 334–5, 346, 347
horses 270–1, 504
hospitals 410
see also field hospitals; lock hospitals
Howell, John 309
howitzers 338
Hughes, Rear Admiral Sir Edward 109
Humayun, Mughal emperor 39
Huttras, capture (1817) 278–9, 318
Hyder Ali, Sultan of Mysore 51, 292, 332–3
Hyder Khan 435
Hyderabad 83
army 212
battle (1843) 60
Nizams of 41
Hyderabad Contingent 246, 254, 257
Ibrahim Lodi, Sultan of Delhi 38–9
Ilbert Bill (1883) 453
immediate attack, principle of 328–9, 332, 337
Imperial Service Troops 257