India Act (1784) 52
India General Service medals and bars 325
Indian Army
cavalry regiments 255
double-company organisation 254
pay 254
promotion 253–4
recruitment 258–9
1903 reorganisation (Kitchener) 188
Viceroy’s Commissioned Officers 262
Indian Civil Service 84, 146, 175
Indian Medical Service 256–7
Indian National Congress 83
Indian Order of Merit 324–5
Indian Ordnance Department 255–6
Indian Staff Corps 253, 254
Indian States Forces 257
Indian Volunteer Corps 148
indigo planters 147
Indore 212
Inglis, Brigadier James 330, 390
Inglis, Julia 147, 391, 462–3, 474
Innes, Ensign Percy 11–12, 344
interest 189–92
Jackson, Lieutenant 457
Jacob, Major 346
Jacob, Brigadier General John 194, 314
Jacob, Violet 141, 296–7
Jacobabad 194
Jacobi, Mrs 486
jagirdars 40, 42
jagirs [revenue assignments] 40, 41, 42
Jakatalla 143
Jallalabad, siege and relief of (1842) 35, 57, 58, 214–15, 396–8
Jandin, Maharani 62, 63, 66
Jeffreys, Staff Surgeon Julius 494–5
Jemdanee (bibi) 437
Jewand Singh, Jemadar 211
jezailchis 215, 348, 396
jezails 348
Jhansi, Lakshmi Bai, Rani of 78–9
Jhansi, in the Mutiny 78–9
Jodhpur, Maharaja of 41
Johnson, Lieutenant Martin 257
Johnson, Private William 253
Jones, Ensign 14
Jones, Quartermaster Sergeant 344
Kabul 86
retreat from (1842) 56–7, 314, 344
retribution 58
Kadir Cup 167
Kandahar 375
relief of (1842) 58
battle (1880) 86, 398
Kapurthala 206
Karachi 119–20
Kasauli 420
Kashmir 61, 66
Maharajah of 83
Kavanagh, Thomas, VC 146, 394–5
Keane, General Sir John 377–8
Kelly, Sergeant 174
Kelly, Lieutenant Colonel James xxxii, 196
HMS Kent 37
Kent (East Indiaman) 108
Keogh, Sergeant Major 147
khaki 162, 163
Khalsa see Sikh army
Khan Singh 66
Khanua, battle (1526) 39
Kharan, fort 345
Kharpur 306
Khelat, capture (1839) 276, 379–80
Khojak pass 58
Khojak tunnel 27
Khushab, battle (1857) 313, 314
Khyber knives 351
Khyber Pass 25, 58
Kidderpore general hospital 410
Kilpatrick, Major James 161–2, 275
Kilpatrick, Major Samuel 477
Kineyri, battle (1848) 209
King, Charles 386
King, Lieutenant Colonel 370, 371
Kipling, Rudyard 85, 424
characters drawn from life 158–9, 235
Kirkee, battle (1817) 55
Kirkpatrick, Major James, children of 103
Kitchener, General Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl 183, 186–7, 188, 189, 259, 450, 455, 483
Kittur 277
Koh-i-Noor diamond 201–2
Kookas 289
Koregaum, battle (1818) 297–8
Korgah xxviii
La Forte (French frigate) 109
La Martinière establishments, for orphans 440
HMS La Sibylle 109
Lady Moira’s Orphanage, Calcutta 489
Lahore 61, 139
railway station 27
Lake, Major 321
Lake, Major Edward 206
Lake, General Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount 55, 183–4, 276, 297, 314, 321, 335–6, 387, 388
Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi 78–9
lal bazaars 480–1
Lal Singh 63, 66
Lambrecht, Lieutenant 106
Lang, Lieutenant Arthur Moffat 77, 148, 207, 242, 295, 296, 351, 410–11, 462
Langlands, Lieutenant 312
languages, local, study of 175–6, 272
Laswari, battle (1803) 55, 184, 297, 314, 321
Latin jokes of British India 60, 78
Latter, Captain Thomas 215
Lauder, Captain R. R. 400
Lawrence, Lieutenant General Sir George 200, 201, 203, 461
Lawrence, Major General Sir Henry xxx, 64, 66, 193, 198, 200, 201, 202, 208, 209, 295, 301, 461
defence of Lucknow and action at Chinhut (1857) 75, 201, 329–31, 390, 391
Lawrence, Lady Honoria 494
Lawrence, Sir John Lawrence, 1st Baron [Viceroy, 1863–68] 75, 200–1, 209, 210, 211, 330, 461
Lawrence, Major General Stringer 182, 257
Lawrence, Sir Walter xxiii, xxvi, 290, 492–3, 500
Le Mesurier, Major 134–5, 166, 172, 173–4, 270, 351, 375
leadership, courageous 316, 319–21
leave regulations 488
Leigh, William 305
Lendrum, Captain J. V. 361
Lennox, Lieutenant 242
Leonard, Quartermaster Sergeant Godfrey 238
Lhasa, Tibet 87
lieutenant colonels 219, 220, 224, 253, 254, 272
lieutenants 219, 266
Lindsay, Colonel 404
lock hospitals 480
Longworth, Captain 12
looting 274, 278–84, 317
Lord, Dr 320
‘Low Europeans’ 146–7
Low, Major General Sir John 70, 71, 191–2, 240–1, 250, 488
Low, Malcolm 213–14
Luard, Lieutenant John 97
Lucan, Lieutenant James 310
Lucknow 81, 274
climate 32, 34
in the Mutiny (1857)
siege 75, 150, 172, 201, 301, 326, 338, 390–6, 466–7, 475
relief 75, 78, 335, 347, 362
looting 279–90, 281, 284, 317
Ludhiana 142
Lumsden, Colonel Harry 203–4, 210–12
Lyall, Alfred 81
Lyons, Captain John 237
Lytton, Lady Edith 181
Lytton, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of [Viceroy, 1876–80] 82, 86, 181
Macan, Lieutenant Thomas 474
McBean, Lieutenant William, VC 361–2
McCabe, Captain Bernard 14–15, 249–50, 394
McCaskill, Major General 321
McFall, Captain Crawford 127, 165
McGovern, Private John, VC 235
MacGregor, Major General Sir Charles 112, 113, 193, 230–1, 241, 247–8, 251, 319, 323, 326–7, 335, 352, 361, 362, 497, 498
in Second Afghan War 228, 270, 315. 372, 399. 432
MacGregor, Edward 248
MacGregor, Frances Mary (née Durand) 497–8
McGuire, Sergeant J., VC 235
Mackenzie, Captain Alfred R. D. 206–7, 296, 349, 422
Mackenzie, Colin 493
Mackenzie, Helen 142, 493
Mackeson, Frederick 202, 203
Macleod, Lieutenant 378
McMath, Captain 174
MacMurdo, Lieutenant 309, 319
Macnaghten, Sir William 56, 58, 200
MacNamara, Corporal 235
McPherson, Captain Hamish McGregor 438
Madras 45, 46, 115–18
society in 151
Madras Army 254
Madras Club 157
Maharajpore, battle (1843) 61, 257–8, 333, 342
Mahdipore, battle (1817) 55
Mahoney, Sergeant Patrick, VC 235, 345
Maidstone (East Indiaman) 92
Maitland, Lieutenant General Sir Pereg
rine 458
Maiwand, battle (1880) 86, 315, 344, 354–6, 359
majors 253, 272
Malakand campaign (1896–97) 86–7
malaria 257, 475
Malcolm, Sir John 191
mansabari system 40–1
mansabdars 40–1
Mansell, Elizabeth 105–6
Mansfield, Major General 293
Maratha artillery 333
Maratha service
Arab mercenaries in 312
British in 41, 304, 305, 307–9, 310, 440
Maratha Wars
First (1777–82) 55
Second (1803–05) 55, 308
Battles: [Wellesley] (1) Ahmednagar (2) Assaye (3) Argaum; [Lake] (1) Aligarh (2) Delhi (3) Laswari (4) Bhurtpore
Third (1816–19) 55
Marathas 36, 40, 41, 54, 118, 303–4, 311
Mardan 211
Markham, Brigadier 384, 385, 386
Marsden, Lieutenant 290
Martin, Major General Claude 440
Masulipatam 470
Mathias, Lieutenant Colonel, 358
Maude, Captain Francis 336, 353
Maxwell, Colonel Patrick 499–500
M’Dowell, George 232
Meadows, Major General John 405–6
Meadows-Taylor, Lieutenant Philip 105, 152, 175, 442
meals in barracks, soldiers’ entitlement 144
Meani, battle (1843) 60, 319
medals 322, 324, 325–7
medical techniques 403–4
Meerut 139, 140
climate 31
Mutiny commences at (1857) 74
Mehtab Singh, General 206
Mein, Dr Pulteney 278
memsahibs see European women, in India
Menezes, Lieutenant General S. L. 259
messes 144–5, 158
Metcalfe, Sir Charles 42, 442
Metcalfe, Private Henry 99, 127, 326, 330, 338, 456
Methodism, in British Army 459
Metje, Lieutenant Torrens 313
Meuron, Brigadier General Charles Daniel, Comte de 216–17
Meuron, Lieutenant Colonel Henry David de 217
Mian Mir 158
Middleton, Lieutenant William 474
Mièville, Quartermaster Sergeant H. 217
military corridors 35
Military Department 188
militia 223
Minto, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of [Viceroy, 1905–10] 1188–9
Mir Emaum Ali, Havildar 322, 426–7
Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal 48, 49
Mir Kasim, Nawab of Bengal 49
Mirza Abutakt 100
missionaries, Christian 72–3, 458–9
mofussil 121
Moira, Earl of see Hastings, 1st Marquess of
Mole, Private Edwin 176–7
Molesworth, Guilford 26
Monin, Major General A. 246
monkeys, as pets 174–5
Monro, Colonel W. 447
Monson, Colonel William 55, 292, 310
monsoons 28, 29, 33
Moore, Lieutenant 313–14
Moplahs [Mappilas] 288
Morley-Minto reforms (1906–10) 87
Mornington, 2nd Earl of see Wellesley, Richard
mortality rates 468–9
mortars 381
Mountain, Colonel Armine S. H. 116, 313, 363, 460
mountain batteries 255
Movable Column (Punjab) 75, 77, 207, 209, 212, 241–2
Moxon, Ensign Philip 344
Mudki, battle (1845) xxix–xxx, 5, 6, 9, 63, 321, 334, 336, 340, 344, 366–7, 402, 499
Muhammed Hayat Khan 207
Mukherjee, Rudrangshu 258
Mulcahey, Private James 425–6
Mulraj, governor of Multan 66, 67–8, 209, 383
Multan, siege and capture (1848–49) 66–7, 282, 334, 375, 381–2, 383–6, 389
Multan Tent Club 168
Mungal Pandy, sepoy 73–4
Munoora-ud-dowlah 448–9
Munro, Major Hector 49, 260
Munro, Captain Innes 117, 122, 133, 184
Munro, Surgeon William 404
Murphy, Colour Sergeant 471
Murray, Dr John 406, 407
Murree Hills 34
muskets 5–6, 348, 353, 354
Muter, Colonel Dunbar Douglas 34, 281, 500–1
Muter, Mrs 34, 280–1, 500–1
mutinies 72, 259, 272–4
by EIC officers 53–4
Vellore (1806) 273
White Mutiny (1859–61) xxvi, 80, 252–3
Mutiny (1857–59) xxxi, 43, 73–9, 301–2
consequences and legacy 80–1
mutineers, blown from guns 428–30
volunteer units 148
Mutiny Act (1754) 182
Mynin, Colonel 248
Mynin, Major 248
Mysore 40, 54
artillery 332–3
Mysore Wars
First (1767–69) 51
Third (1790–92) 53
nabobs 51–2
Nagpore, annexation of 70
Najafghur, action (1857) 212, 346–7
Nana Sahib (Nana Govind Dhondu Pant) 71, 75–6, 79
Napier, Major General Sir Charles 59–61, 68, 143, 176, 186, 197, 321, 371, 476
Nasir-ud-din Hyder, Nawab of Oudh 70–1
natives, brutality towards 147–8, 452–7
nautch-girls 436, 439
naval power, European 37
Nazir Khan 301–2
needlework, by soldiers 159
Neill, Brigadier James 76
Neill, Lieutenant Martin 119
Nepal War (1814–16) 55
Newnham, Corporal Thomas 491
Newsome, Sergeant Harry 367–8
Newton, Lieutenant 312–13
Nicholson, Alexander 204
Nicholson, Charles 207
Nicholson, Brigadier General John xxx, 165, 185, 200, 203–8, 361
in the Mutiny 75, 77, 204, 207, 346, 428
Noel, Lieutenant 14
Norman, Lieutenant Henry 322–3
North-West Frontier 72, 86, 287
forward policy 86–7
Russian threat to 26, 81, 85
Nott, Major General Sir William 58
O’Brien, Mr 305, 310
Ochterlony, General Sir David 442
officers
passages to (and from) India 94–5, 102–3, 104–5, 106–7
arrival in India 113–14, 116–17, 118
O’Halloran, Lieutenant 477
Olivey, Second Lieutenant 344
Olpherts, General Sir William, VC 318, 335
Order of the Bath 323
Order of British India 324–5
Order of the Star of India 82, 505
Oriental and Peninsular Steam Navigation Company 96
Orissa 49
Osborne, Captain the Hon. W. G. xxiv, 8–9, 31–2, 62
Osborne, Lieutenant Willoughby 198–9
Oudh 41, 49, 54, 70
annexation of (1856) 71
Outram, Major General Sir James 34, 75, 78, 165, 185–6, 390, 433–4
Outram Institutes 434
pachesi 441
paddle-steamers 92, 95
Pakhtunwali 195, 205, 210
Palmer, General Sir Arthur Power 450, 454, 455
Palmer, General William 442
Palmer, Captain William [son] 442
Panipat, major battles at 35 1399 38 1526 38–9 1556 39 1761 54
parrots, as pets 174
Parry, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick 481
Parwandara, action (1842) 320
Pates, Major Augustus 130
Pathans 194–5, 196
Pattoun, Lieutenant Colonel Richard 386
pay and expenditure 264–70, 272
Payne, Private George 164
Pearman, Sergeant John xxiv, 98–9, 114, 125–6, 149, 159, 164, 283, 318, 325, 341, 369, 406, 464, 502
at Sobraon (
1846) 9, 10, 15
Pearson, Cornet Thomas 277
Peat, Captain 378
peg [drink] 418–19
Pennycuick, Alexander 229
Pennycuick, Brigadier John 229, 276, 322, 378, 379–80
Pennycuik, Colonel John, RE 29
pensions, officers’ widows’ 486
Periyar Dam 29
Perkes, Private Richard 17–18, 94, 236
Peshawar 26, 55, 61, 75, 140, 205, 209–10, 307
Peshawar Valley Field Force 82, 211
Pester, Lieutenant John 276, 290, 376–7, 420–1
Petit, Lieutenant Colonel 12, 13, 14, 18
pettahs 374
Phayre, Sir Arthur 198
Picton, Major 478, 479
‘Piffers’ 197
pig-sticking 167–71
pig-sticking spears, in battle 353
Pindaris 42, 288
pistols 362, 363–4
Pitt, William, the Elder 51–2
planters 147–8
Plassey, battle (1757) 47–8, 275
Pohlmann, Colonel 41
Polighars 288
political officers 198, 213
Pollock, Lieutenant General Sir George 58, 324, 398
Pomfret, George 450
Pondicherry 49
Ponsonby, Captain 320–1
Poona, Peshwa of 54, 55
Poona Tent Club 167
Pope, Brigadier 369–70, 370–1
population xxi
Porter, Mary Anne 496
Porter, Gunner William 460, 496
Potter, Private H.J. 131
Potter, Samuel, The Art of Beating the Drum (1810) 4
preaching colonels 461
Presgrave, Ann 109
Price, Lieutenant William 165–6
priests, Roman Catholic, at Lucknow 464, 465–6
Primrose, Lieutenant General 35
princely states 83
Prinsep, Mrs Thoby 153
Prinsep, Val 82
prisoners, British, treatment of 292
prize agents 276
prize money 274–8
Probert, Mrs 486
proselytising 461
prostitution 436, 480–1, 482–3
Puller, Private George 479–80
Punjab 63, 66, 72
annexation of (1849) 69
climate 31–2
Punjab Frontier 194
Punjab, Governor of the 192
Punjab Irregular Frontier Force 192–3, 197, 212
Punjab Northern State Railway 26
Punjabis 296–7
Punniar, battle (1843) 1–2, 61
Purvis, Captain (later Revd) Richard John 99, 102, 134, 190, 248, 251, 269–70, 504
Purvis, Rear Admiral John 268
Purvis, Richard Fortescue 268, 269, 481–2
Pushtuns 193, 194–5
quartermasters 219
Queen’s India Cadets 253
railways, development of 25–7
Rajkumar College 83
Rajputs 36, 259
Ramnagar, battle (1848) 68, 360, 368–9
Ramsay, Henry 198
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja 55, 61–2, 201, 305–6
ranks
in Indian units 261, 262
in Royal Artillery 54on.go
Raynor, Lieutenant 344
recreations, soldiers’ 159